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- ↑ Kevin Dougherty, "'Food sovereignty' urged for Quebec; Agricultural diversification. Report encourages more specialized farms and phasing out of income insurance," Montreal Gazette, 13 February 2008, A3.
- ↑ "The UPA and OFA insist the Quebec-Ontario agricultural agreement be reproduced in the Agreement on Internal Trade," Canada NewsWire, 11 September 2009.
- ↑ Qui sommes-nous? Archived October 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Union des producteurs agricoles, accessed 10 October 2010.
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- ↑ Bernier, Maxime (July 10, 2018). "Comment: How the supply management lobby influences politicsMy unsuccessful federal leadership campaign is proof the sector has outsized political influence — for now". Manitoba Co-operator. Glacier Farm Media Limited Partnership. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
