Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan
Registration:
4
of
5
(2015-09-16
to
2016-08-02)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Agricultural Profitability - Lobby Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for increased agricultural business risk support for agricultural producers under the Agricultural Policy Framework including changes to Agri-Invest, AgriStability, AgriRecovery, Crop insurance and Livestock insurance
- Consumer Confidence - Lobby Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Expansion of traceability funding and programming to ensure consumer confidence both domestically and internationally is maintained
- Environmental Sustainability - Lobby Environment Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for expansion of funding for alternate land use support to encourage retention of wetlands and effective management of water and native prairie.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- International Trade Agreements - Lobby Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada - trade negotiators to ensure that access to markets for Saskatchewan/Canadian agricultural products is enhanced
- Labour Development - Employment Insurance Act - Lobby Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) - Service Canada for investment in skills training for individuals to enter into the agricultural workforce.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- Agricultural Profitability - Agricultural Growth Act - Lobby Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to ensure provisions within the Legislation and regulations support investment, growth and profitability within the Agricultural Sector
- Agriculture Profitability - Income Tax Act - Lobby Revenue Canada for increased exemptions for farmer capital gains; enhanced small business taxation rates and allowable farm expenses
- Infrastructure - Canadian Transportation Act - Lobby Transport Canada for meaningful changes to the CTA regarding grain transportation
Policies or Program
- Consumer Confidence - Lobby Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for adequate funding of CFIA food inspectors to insure integrity of the food supply chain
- Consumer Confidence - Lobby Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for program and policy support to enhance consumer confidence and maintaining agriculture's social licence.
- Immigration - Lobby Citizenship and Immigration Canada for changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program to ensure that labour availability for agriculture is maintained.
- Research and Innovation - Lobby Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for increased investment and capacity within the agricultural sector
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Environment - Species at Risk Act - Lobby Environment Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to ensure that Orders issued do not adversly impact on agricultural land owners and that recovery plans are consistent with agricultuarl production