12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

• Subject matter details in previous versions

  Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

  Subject matters	Details	Categories
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Agricultural Partnership- to ensure the next agriculture policy framework addresses the needs of farmers.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Climate Change- to ensure that the climate change strategy recognizes the important role agriculture can play in reducing green house gas emissions.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Free Trade Agreements to ensure that a quota of sugars tonnes imported to Canada does not increase. Encourage the development of a domestic sugar policy	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	International Trade Increasing the opportunities for export of Canadian Sugar to foreign markets while reducing the dumping of international sugar into the Canadian market.	Policies or Program, Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Lobby members of parliament, senators amd officials on policies or programs needed to effect market access for southern Alberta sugar beet farmers received in World Trade Organization, regional or bilateral trade negotiations.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Lobby members of parliament, senators and officials on bills or resolutions needed to implement or comment upon the World Trade Organization, regional or bilateral trade negotiations to ensure that southern Alberta sugar beet farmers receive market access benefits in trade treaties which are reciprocal to the benefits Canada has accorded to foreign sugar suppliers given access to the Canadian market.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Lobby members of parliament, senators and officials on bills or resolutions that may attract biotechnology companies to invest in applications financially benefiting southern Alberta sugar beet farmers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Lobby members of parliament, senators and officials on policies or programs that may attract biotechnology companies to invest in applications financially benefiting southern Alberta sugar beet farmers.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Lobby members of parliament, senators and officials on regulations needed to implement a World Trade Organization agreement, regional or bilateral trade negotiations to ensure that southern Alberta sugar beet farmers receive market access benefits in trade treaties which are reciprocal to the benefits Canada has accorded to foreign sugar suppliers given access to the Canadian market.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Lobby members of parliament, senators and officials or provincial or foreign governments to lobby Canadian members of parliament, senators and officials to lobby the United States Administration and Congress on aspects of the draft Farm Bills which harm market access commitments given to southern Alberta sugar beet farmers in trade agreements and schedules going back to 1937 (World Trade Organization, North American Free Trade Agreement, General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs and so on).	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Lobby members of parliament, senators, and officials on regulations needed to attract biotechnology companies to invest in applications financially benefiting southern Alberta sugar beet farmers	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	MERCOSUR Agreement to ensure that country of origin sugar is beet sugar and that the tariffs remain in place.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Transpacific Partnership Trade Agreement: To secure additional sugar access into the partners participating in the TPP.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	We lobby to help advocate for the needs of the sugar beet farmers in the areas of; business risk management programs such as Agri-Stability, international trade- Free Trade Agreements, domestic trade, consumer issues such as labeling, carbon levy exemptions, and rate of tax.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program, Regulation

  Subject matters in previous versions

  • Agriculture
  • Consumer Issues
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Internal Trade
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • Regional Development
  • Taxation and Finance

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal (CART)
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
• Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Senate of Canada

Communication techniques

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

• Oral communication
• Written communication
• Grass-roots communication
• Arrange one or more meetings

• Jennifer Crowson, Executive Director | No public offices held
• Melody Garner - Skiba, Project Lead | No public offices held