James Steidle: Monopoly to blame for milk, eggs shortage in Prince George

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James Steidle: Monopoly to blame for milk, eggs shortage in Prince George
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It somehow makes sense to truck raw milk from the remaining northern dairies to the Lower Mainland, put it in jugs, and ship it all the way back up north, the climate and northern jobs be damned.

Maybe it’s just something I never paid attention to, but as a kid I don’t remember the shelves being empty of dairy and egg products. Each time, the reason seems to get increasingly mundane. First it was the initial COVID lock-down, a historic event that impacted all of Canada. Then we had washed out roads last November, another momentous event. And that’s because we once knew how to take care of ourselves.

It is so “efficient” that it somehow makes sense to truck raw milk from the remaining northern dairies to the Lower Mainland, put it in jugs, and ship it all the way back up north, the climate and northern jobs be damned. During the road wash-outs last year, while our local shelves sat bare, notices were sent out that fresh local milk would have to be dumped before it could even be loaded on a truck.

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