12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Food and Beverage Canada/Aliment et boissons Canada / Kristina Proulx, Chief Executive Officer

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Active - Last Updated: 2025-01-10

Who is lobbying?

Food and Beverage Canada/Aliment et boissons Canada (Address, activities & membership)

Kristina Proulx, Chief Executive Officer

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Agriculture, Industry, Research and Development	Agriculture: Policies related to the food and beverage processing sector including: funding for industry research and development, implementation of Safe Foods for Canadians Regulations.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Budget, Industry	Budget: Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Employment and Training, Immigration	Facilitating the entry into Canada of technicians required to maintain critical infrastructure	Policies or Program
Industry	Grocery Code of Conduct: Advocating for a mandatory and enforceable Grocery Code of Conduct for the food industry.	Policies or Program
Health, Industry	Health: Policies and regulations related to food and beverage products including the federal government's Health Eating Strategy, Front of Pack labelling regulations, Marketing to Children regulations, modifications to the Food Guide, modifications the Food and Drugs Regulations.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Employment and Training, Immigration, Labour	Immigration: Enhancements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program and pathways to permanency for food and beverage processing labour.	Regulation
Economic Development, Industry	Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.	Policies or Program
Industry, International Trade	International Trade: The provisions of the text of the USMCA as they relate to agriculture and agri-food, including tariff schedules, Tariff Rate Quotas, regulatory cooperation and measures related to non-tariff barriers. Tariff and non-tariff barriers with the United States.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Immigration	Refugees - requesting resettlement programs for refugees	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry, Science and Technology	Science and Technology: ISED policies and programs to promote innovation and technology adoption in the food and beverage processing sector	Policies or Program
Industry, Science and Technology	Science and Technology: Polices and programs to develop, maintain and adapt cybersecurity within the food and beverage processing sector	Policies or Program
Housing	Support for the housing needs of temporary foreign workers and new Canadians.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Employment and Training, Immigration, Labour	Temporary Foreign Worker Program - with respect to amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and the access of food and beverage manufacturers to various elements within the program.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Climate, Environment, Industry	The pollution prevention (P2) planning notice for primary food plastic packaging, with respect to its impact on food and beverage manufacturers.	Policies or Program, Regulation

Subject matter details in previous versions

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Industry, International Trade	International Trade: The provisions of the text of the USMCA as they relate to agriculture and agri-food, including tariff schedules, Tariff Rate Quotas, regulatory cooperation and measures related to non-tariff barriers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Subject matters added through a communication report:

Agriculture
Economic Development
Employment and Training
Environment
Immigration
Industry
International Trade
Labour
Research and Development

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Senate of Canada
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

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

Who are the lobbyists?

Kristina Proulx, Chief Executive Officer | Public offices held

Registration number: 932280-363350
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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
2025-06-05	Lawrence Hanson, Deputy Minister \| Deputy Minister's Office, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food House of Commons Hilary Peirce, Director of Policy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Immigration, Industry, International Trade, Labour, Research and Development
2025-03-18	Mary Robinson, Senator Senate of Canada	Agriculture, Industry, International Trade, Research and Development
2025-02-10	Donald Boucher, Director General Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Matthew Smith, Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Industry, International Trade
2025-02-06	Rebecca Caldwell, Senior Policy Advisor \| Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)	Agriculture, Industry, International Trade, Research and Development
2025-01-23	Mark Emes, Policy Advisor House of Commons Jwane Izzetpanah, Stakeholder Relations Advisor \| Party Leader - Conservative, House of Commons	Agriculture, Industry, Research and Development
2025-01-10	Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Paul MacKinnon, President Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Maria Morley, Deputy Chief of Staff & Director of Operations \| Minister's Office NHCAP, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Tom Rosser, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Market and Industry Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Industry, International Trade
2024-11-05	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons Brad Redekopp, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Employment and Training, Immigration, Labour
2024-09-25	Donald Boucher, Director General Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Steven Jurgutis, Director General \| Strategic Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Economic Development, Immigration, Industry
2024-09-24	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons Colin Carrie, Member of Parliament House of Commons Dave Epp, Member of Parliament House of Commons Ted Falk, Member of Parliament House of Commons Richard Lehoux, Member of Parliament House of Commons Brad Redekopp, Member of Parliament House of Commons Lianne Rood, Member of Parliament House of Commons Warren Steinley, Member of Parliament House of Commons Brad Vis, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Economic Development, Employment and Training, Environment, Industry
2024-09-11	Nadia Kadri, Director of Policy Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Simon Laberge, Senior Policy Advisor Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Elliott Lockington, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Employment and Training, Immigration
2024-08-08	Jean Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)	International Trade
2024-08-06	Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament House of Commons Elliott Lockington, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Immigration
2024-07-10	Lawrence Hanson, Deputy Minister \| Deputy Minister's Office, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture, Labour
2024-06-20	Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Industry
2024-06-20	Youmy Han, Deputy Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Matthieu Saint-Wril, Special Assistant, Québec \| Minister's Office, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)	Immigration

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Food and Beverage Canada / Aliment et boissons Canada - Address, activities & membership

Address:

942 Meteor Avenue
Navan, ON K4B 1N9
Canada

Telephone number: 613-322-9235

Contact information in previous versions
- 533 Fielding Drive
  Ottawa, ON K1V 7G7
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-402-3495

Description of the organization's activities:
FBC-ABC is a national association uniting over 1,500 food and beverage processing businesses across Canada. FBC-ABC's objectives are to: a) Promote coordination, cooperation and enhanced program/service delivery among national and provincial food processing associations; b) Leverage the political strength of the food-processing sector by bringing together associations which collectively represent a substantial number of food and beverage processing companies in Canada; c) Foster industry-wide communication leading to more effective industry association action on behalf of Members; and d) Do all such additional things as are incidental to or conducive to the attainment of the foregoing.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
Membership Classes a) The classes of membership of the Corporation consist of: 1. Regular Members composed of: Class A – This class is for not-for-profit organizations that are sub-national, non-commodity specific associations that represent food and beverage processors/manufacturers inclusive of all sizes of companies. Class B – This class is for food and beverage processing and/or manufacturing companies in Canada. Membership in Class B is limited to those eligible companies that are a member of at least one of the member associations in Class A. 2. Associate Members, composed of: Class C – This class is for entities or individuals not engaged directly in food and beverage processing and/or manufacturing that have an interest or alignment with the sector. This class may include but not be limited to financial institutions, consulting firms, academic and research institutions, equipment and packaging manufacturers, national food and beverage associations, distributors and government agencies.

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Junior Analyst (Co-op Student) Global Affairs Canada, United Nations Division (MIO)	January 2016 to April 2016	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Junior Analyst (Co-op Student) Global Affairs Canada, United Nations Division (MIO)	January 2016 to April 2016	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-06-03

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