"Tim Lysyk" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

Subsidies are not always direct and readily visible. Here in the U.S.
the
beef indutry is, as you know, heavily subsidized through the practice of
allowing ranchers to destroy millions of acres of public land by grazing
their cattle on it. Any similar practices or other hidden subsidies in
Canada?

These types of uses are generally under the jurisdiction of the
province. Land can be leased from the crown for grazing, but is done on
a competitive bid basis and the applicant pays for the use of the land.
How much, I don't know, but the leases are awarded to the highest
bidder, so it is not free.

But, of course, it doesn't have to be entirely free to be a subsidy.
Anything below fair market value (however that may be determined) will do.

Wolfgang