12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Grain Growers of Canada/Les producteurs de grains du Canada / Erin Gowriluk, Executive Director

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Active - Last Updated: 2021-11-26

Who is lobbying?

Grain Growers of Canada/Les producteurs de grains du Canada (Address, activities & membership)

Erin Gowriluk, Executive Director

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matters

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

Subject Matter Details

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

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

Details on the implementation of Bill S-228
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.

Who is being lobbied?

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)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
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)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

Communication techniques

Who are the lobbyists?

Erin Gowriluk, Executive Director | No public offices held

Registration number: 914397-14239
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?
Date	DPOH, Position Title \| Government Institution	Subject Matters
2022-06-02	Colin Deacon, Senator Senate of Canada	Agriculture
2022-05-31	Robert Black, Senator Senate of Canada	Agriculture
2022-05-30	Warren Steinley, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-05-04	Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Eamonn McGuinty, Senior Policy Advisor \| Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	Agriculture
2022-05-03	Tim Louis, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-30	Francis Drouin, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-30	Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Dave Epp, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Lianne Rood, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Brenda Shanahan, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Lawrence MacAulay, Minister Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Dan Mazier, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Jim Carr, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Robert Morrisey, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Patricia Sibal, Ontario Regional Advisor House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Ben Lobb, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Dan Muys, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	John Aldag, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-03-29	Robert Black, Senator Senate of Canada	Agriculture
2022-02-16	Steven Jurgutis, Director General Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Carla St. Croix, Executive Directos Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2022-02-03	Francis Drouin, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-01-25	Dave Epp, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-01-25	Rechie Valdez, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-01-13	Randy Hoback, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2022-01-11	Donald Boucher, Acting Director General Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2022-01-11	Ken Hester, Senior Market Development Officer Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Brent Johnston, Director Finance Canada (FIN) Justin Meikle, Tax Policy Officer Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Kevin Norris, Acting Director Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Mary Jane Roberts, Unknown Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2021-12-17	Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2021-12-16	Philip Lawrence, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-16	Blaine Calkins, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-15	Galen Richardson, Officer \| Minister's Office, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Agriculture
2021-12-15	Laurence Harvey, Policy and Regional Advisor, Quebec \| Minister's Office, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) Andrew Welsh, Special Assistant, Policy \| Minister Ng's Office, House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-15	Francis Drouin, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-15	Jim Carr, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-14	Lianne Rood, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-14	Warren Steinley, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-14	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-14	Heath Macdonald, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-14	Gary Vidal, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-13	Kody Blois, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-13	Michael D. Chong, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-13	Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-13	Tim Louis, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-13	Dan Mazier, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-12-13	Tony Baldinelli, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-11-25	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-11-23	Emerson Vandenberg, Policy Advisor Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Agriculture
2021-11-16	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-08-13	Emerson Vandenberg, Policy Advisor Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Agriculture
2021-08-10	Laurence Harvey, Policy and Regional Advisor, Quebec \| Minister's Office, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)	Agriculture
2021-07-30	Alison Porter, Director of Policy \| Minister's Office NHCAP, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Emerson Vandenberg, Policy Advisor Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Agriculture
2021-07-30	Morgan Breitkreutz, Regional Advisor \| Office of the Special Representative for the Prairies, House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-07-20	Oliver Anderson, Policy Advisor Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2021-07-13	Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2021-07-13	Kody Blois, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture

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Grain Growers of Canada / Les producteurs de grains du Canada - Address, activities & membership

Address:

350 Sparks Street
Suite 703
Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
Canada

Telephone number: 403-219-7901

Fax number: 403-291-0190

Contact information in previous versions
- 350 Sparks Street
  Suite 912
  Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 403-219-7901
  
  Fax number: 403-291-0190
- 350 Sparks Street
  Suite 912
  Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-233-9954 Ext. 202
- 350 Sparks Street
  Suite 912
  Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-233-9954
  
  Fax number: 613-236-3590
- 350 Sparks Street
  Suite 912
  Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-237-6215 Ext. 237
  
  Fax number: 613-237-4061
- 350 Sparks Street
  Suite 912
  Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 819-661-7084
  
  Fax number: 613-233-9954
- Suite 912 - 350 Sparks Street
  Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-233-9954
  
  Fax number: 613-236-3590
- Suite 912 - 350 Sparks Street
  Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-875-1795
- Suite #201 - 8 York St.
  Ottawa, ON K1N 5S6
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-875-1795
- Suite #201 - 8 York St.
  Ottawa, ON K1N 5S6
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-875-1795
  
  Fax number:
- Suite #308 - 151 Slater St.
  Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-875-1795
  
  Fax number:
- Suite #308 - 151 Slater St.
  Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-875-1795

Description of the organization's activities:
Further the interests of Canadian grain, oilseed, and pulse producers

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- Further the interests of Canadian grain and oilseed producers

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
We are made up of farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Barley Commission; Alberta Wheat Commission; Alberta Pulse Growers; Atlantic Grains Council; BC Grain Producers Association; Canadian Canola Growers Association; Manitoba Corn Growers Association; Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers; Manitoba Oat Growers Association; Western Barley Growers Association; Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Producteurs de Grains du Quebec and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers.

Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
- We are made up of farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Barley Commission; Alberta Wheat Commission; Alberta Pulse Growers; Atlantic Grains Council; BC Grain Producers Association; Canadian Canola Growers Association; Manitoba Corn Growers Association; Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers; Prairie Oat Growers Association; Western Barley Growers Association; Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Grain Farmers of Ontario, Producteurs de Grains du Quebec and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers.
- We are made up of farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Barley Commission; Alberta Wheat Commission; Alberta Pulse Growers; Atlantic Grains Council; BC Grain Producers Association; Canadian Canola Growers Association;Canadian Young Farmers Forum; Manitoba Corn Growers Association; Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers; Prairie Oat Growers Association; Western Barley Growers Association; Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.
- We are made up of 14 farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Barley Commission; Alberta Wheat Commission; Alberta Grains Council; Alberta Oat Rye and Triticale Association; Alberta Pulse Growers; Atlantic Grains Council; BC Grain Producers Association; Canadian Canola Growers Association;Canadian Young Farmers Forum; Manitoba Corn Growers Association; Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers; Prairie Oat Growers Association; Western Barley Growers Association; Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.
- We are made up of 14 farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Barley Commission; Alberta Grain Commission; Alberta Oat Rye and Triticale Association; Alberta Pulse Growers; Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission; Atlantic Grains Council; BC Grain Producers Association; Canadian Canola Growers Association;Canadian Young Farmers Forum; Manitoba Corn Growers Association; Manitoba Pulse Growers Assoc., Oat and Barley Council of Ontario; Prairie Oat Growers Association; Western Barley Growers Association; Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.
- We are made up of 13 farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Barley Commission; Alberta Grain Commission; Alberta Oat Rye and Triticale Association; Alberta Pulse Growers; Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission; Atlantic Grains Council; BC Grain Producers Association; Canadian Canola Growers Association;Canadian Young Farmers Forum; Manitoba Corn Growers Association; Oat and Barley Council of Ontario; Prairie Oat Growers Association; Western Barley Growers Association; Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.
- We are made up of ten farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Barley Commission;Alberta Oat Rye and Triticale Association;Alberta Pulse Growers;Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission;Atlantic Grains Council;BC Grain Producers Association;Canadian Canola Growers Association;Manitoba Corn Growers Association;Western Barley Growers Association;Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.
- We are made up of nine farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Barley Commission;Alberta Oat Rye and Triticale Association;Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission;Atlantic Grains Council;BC Grain Producers Association;Canadian Canola Growers Association;Manitoba Corn Growers Association;Western Barley Growers Association;Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.
- Canadian farm organizations

Date Modified:: 2022-06-28

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