Canada looks to keep supply management amid Asia Pacific talks
The piece argues supply management protects dairy and poultry farmers by setting demand driven quotas and cost of production, helping break even and ensure domestic supply. It notes ongoing TPP talks may threaten this system, with calls to open markets for dairy and eggs and diverse political pressures.
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New Idea
Ottawa
Canada
NAFTA
Mexico
Carolina
Canadian Wheat Board
Segway origins and decline in a modern transit tale
The piece traces the Segway’s high profile launch in 2001, praised by Steve Jobs and anticipated to revolutionize travel. It explains why it failed to catch on, citing price, legal bans, and perceived dorkiness, then notes its rarity today and recalls Jimi Heselden’s fatal Segway accident as a grim coda.
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Alberta
Jim Prentice
Dean Kamen
Steve Jobs
George W
Whitehouse
Jimi Heselden
West
Yorkshire
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