# The "Longest Election Campaign in Modern Canada" Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 2, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-election-campaign-in-modern-canada-thread/726807 "2015-08-02T15:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 861
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-election-campaign-in-modern-canada-thread/726807/861 "2015-10-23T16:43:24Z")
> [@](#): > > So my question now is, what happens when all countries cut subsidies? New Zealand won’t have the advantage of having the cheapest products and its exports will, I assume, decline. It’s impossible to say. Some countries will find it to their advantage to import food, some to export it. The nature of comparative advantage alone is so potentially complex that no smart person would hope to guess how things would work out, and of course any number of factors could change what can be produced where; emerging economies, global climate change, new technologies, trends in what foods are desired, and so on. What is for sure is that food would probably be more plentiful and cheaper. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-election-campaign-in-modern-canada-thread/726807)._