Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year
No
Business Relationships
BC Dairy Association is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
BC Dairy Association is not a coalition.
Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity
The activities of BC Dairy Association are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
BC Dairy Association does not have any subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking
What is being lobbied?
Subject Matters
Agriculture
Consumer Issues
Economic Development
Environment
Fisheries
Health
Industry
International Trade
Research and Development
Science and Technology
Small Business
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Health - As per Canada's food guide, we encourage the public to consume milk to meet the daily dairy requirements of important vitamins and minerals. We seek for the inclusion of the latest scientific evidence about the nutritional value of dairy products within Canada's Healthy Eating Strategy on an on-going basis.
Policies or Program
Environment - We ask the government to support the continued introduction and adoption of clean energy and green technology on farms by providing existing and future sustainability programs with sufficient and ongoing funding.
International Trade - The dairy industry supports maintaining Canada's supply managed agricultural system. One of the main pillars for the success of supply management (on which the dairy industry in Canada is based) is import control. We have an interest in increasing resources for CFIA and CBSA to ensure compliance for imported products. When market concessions occur in trade agreements, including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), we seek federal government mitigation for impacts on dairy farmers. We also seek the maximization of allowable permanent TRQs allocated to Canadian dairy processors. We ask that no domestic dairy market concessions are made in future trade agreements.
Regulation
Consumer Issues - The perceived quality and safety of Canadian dairy products versus that of imported goods is of paramount concern to the dairy industry. To this end, we have an interest in ensuring the integrity of the Product of Canada and Made in Canada logos by maintaining the current Canadian thresholds and continuing to transparently identify imported content on dairy products. We support the introduction of a Grocery Code of Conduct to strengthen domestic food security for consumers. We ask that parliamentarians commit to protecting the current Standards of Identity for Dairy Products, which limit the use of dairy terminology and imagery to animal agriculture. In addition, we ask that these regulations continue to be enforced.
Who is being lobbied?
Government Institutions
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Farm Credit Canada (FCC)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
National Defence (DND)
National Research Council (NRC)
Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Senate of Canada
Communication techniques
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking: