Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Agriculture
• Budget
• Climate
• Economic Development
• Energy
• Environment
• International Trade
• Research and Development
• Science and Technology
• Taxation and Finance
• Transportation

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

• Fisheries

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

• Regulations in regards to Growing Forward 2 including Cash Advance Programs, AgriStability, Crop insurance (these are all farm financial support programs).

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

• Increase A-base funding for public research for the grains, oilseeds and pulse sectors within AAFC existing budget and to increase the global AAFC budget.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Budget proposal regarding Cash Ticket Deferrals.
• Canadian Wheat Board Act with respect to monopoly powers and election of directors.
• Tax Code, Income Tax Act, specifically proposed changes to Tax Planning Using Private Corporations.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

• Canada Labour Code, and regulations specifically related to grain handling and transportation.
• Income Tax Act and specifically taxation related to agriculture and value-added agricultural processing.
• Seeds Act, more specifically existing and proposed regulations from CFIA and AAFC on Plant Novel Traits, Weed Seed Orders and Genetically Modified Organisms.
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, specifically around the movement and storage of crop inputs and farm machinery.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

• Grain Transportation Act, specifically on the transportation of cereal, oilseed and pulse crops.

Policies or Program

• Agricultural trade negotiations, including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Canada-India, and proposed bi-lateral with China, with respect to more export market opportunities for grain farmers.
• Creation of new rural development programs, with a specific focus on research and value adding to the cereal, oilseeds and pulse sectors.
• National Farm Stewardship Program and more specifically costs of administration to be borne by farmers.

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Biofuels and the regulations related to biofuels including the % content required in Cdn fuels, feed stocks, and the incentive programs in place for expansion.
• Health Canada - Food and Drug Regulations as they relate to mandatory nutrition labeling, health claims involving cereal grains, oilseeds and pulse crops, Genetically Modified food labeling.
• On Farm Food Safety and more specifically the design, costs and enforcement as it relates directly to farmers.
• Pesticide Management Review Agency regulations in regards to Minor Use Pesticide Program including new pesticides, minor uses and amended labelling for usage.
• Pesticide Management Review Agency regulations in regards to the Own Use Import and the Grower Requested Own Use programs.
• Regulations in regards to Environmental Farm Planning, more specifically the design, costs and implementation fo the farm planning
• The Smart Regulation initiative as it relates to crop registration, agriculture, crop input registrations and health claims for human or animal consumption.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
• Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
• Competition Tribunal (CT)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• National Defence (DND)
• National Research Council (NRC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
• Senate of Canada
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
• Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

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