Monthly Communication Report

Registrant name:	CARLA VENTIN
Client:	Fruit & Vegetable Growers of Canada/Producteurs de fruits et légumes du Canada
Associated registration:	779407-385871-3
Communication date:	2026-04-27
Posted date:	2026-04-28

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:	Tim Louis, Member of Parliament House of Commons Paul  MacKinnon, Deputy Minister of Fisheries Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA) Mike Kelloway, Member of Parliament; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade House of Commons Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister's Office, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Joanne  Thompson, Minister of Fisheries Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Janice Charette, Chief Trade Negotiator to the United States Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Lawrence Hanson, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
List of Details Subject matter Detail Agriculture, Industry, International Trade Communicate with government officials on the importance of: ensuring that horticulture is reflected in trade policy, improving safeguards against import surges; maintaining the status quo regarding the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA); and the need for stable, predictable access to the U.S. market. Agriculture, Health, Industry, International Trade, Labour Communicate with government officials the important contribution of Canadian fruit and vegetable growers across the country in terms of their contribution to Canadian food security, the national economy and rural communities.