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	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) collection of feed pricing data and its accuracy, regarding feed input costs in the production of turkeys.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), funds for the development and implementation of food safety or animal care programs, with regard to ensuring on-farm programming is current.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Canada Poultry Import Regime; the administration and allocation of the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ).	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bi-lateral Trade Negotiations as it relates to the import regime and tariff rate quota for turkey and the WTO.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Biosecurity: Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) works closely with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to ensure that the industry operates under strict bio-security guidelines, to eradicate any diseases of significance if they emerge, and ensure adequate compensation is available for those producers that must have their flocks euthanized due to an ordered cull.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN INTEGRATED FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE, with respect to Turkey Farmers of Canada's (TFC) on-farm food safety systems development, in relationship to the entire food chain.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Border Services - traceability regulations with respect to Poultry Product.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations, food products labeling of packaging.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Food Inspection Agency - POULTRY REJECTION PROJECT: Turkey Farmers of Canada closely monitors revision to poultry inspection practices which negatively impact producers or undermines the competitiveness of the processing sector due to cost recovery/downloading of inspection responsibilities.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Food Inspection Agency On-Farm Food Safety Recognition Program with respect to turkey.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Food Inspection Agency – Health of Animals Act Poultry Inspection Programs, with respect to implications for turkey farmers shipping birds to federally registered processing establishments.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Animal Disease programs/protocols related to the development and refinement of animal disease preparedness and response protocols.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Food Safety Quality Program, in respect of development of on-farm food safety programs and on-farm implementation.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Contributions from Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) with respect to develop a research program for poultry in Canada.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Custom Tariff - Specially defined mixture rule.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Development of the funding structure for implementation of food safety animal care programs.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Growing Forward business risk management and supply management, with respect to applicability of business risk management programs to turkey farmers.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Health of Animals Act - Compensation for destroyed animals regulations, in respect of avian influenza surveillance or other foreign animal diseases.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Labelling, in respect of method of production claims and guideline review, to ensure appropriate and accurate consumer information is provided.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	NOTICE TO IMPORTERS: Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) is a member of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s (DFAIT) Tariff Rate Quota Advisory Committee (TQAC), with respect to ensuring the tariff rate quotas are administered properly and in support of supply management.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada Research and Development program for poultry research in Canada.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) related to turkey products and the turkey sector.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Private Sector Risk Management Program of production insurance programs, in regard to applicability and development for turkey production.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) - Food and Drug Regulations, On-Farm Medicated Feed Mixing program, Medicated Feed Mixing On-Farm, with regard to implementation on turkey farms.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	The Growing Forward Multilateral Framework: On-going discussions concerning the implementation of the program and applicability to and eligibility of turkey producers within supply management.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement as it is related to the negotiations on Agriculture subsidies.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	The World Trade Organization agreement with regard to the Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Agreement (SPS) and further development of the SPS.	Policies or Program

  Subject matters in previous versions

  • Agriculture
  • Budget
  • Consumer Issues
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Internal Trade
  • International Trade

  Subject matters added through a communication report:

  • Climate

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
• Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Senate of Canada
• Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

Communication techniques

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

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

• PHIL BOYD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | No public offices held
• PHIL BOYD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | No public offices held
• MALENKA GEORGIOU, ASSOCIATE MANAGER - TECHNICAL AFFAIRS, ON-FARM PROGRAMS | No public offices held
• ADRIANA GOLDMAN, DIRECTOR - CORPORATE SERVICES | No public offices held
• CAROLINE GONANO, ASSOCIATE MANAGER – TECHNICAL AFFAIRS SCIENCE & REGULATION | No public offices held
• MAEGAN MACKIMMIE, MANAGER - CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS | No public offices held
• SATEESH RAMKISSOONSINGH, MANAGER - POLICY & TRADE | No public offices held
• JOHN SHELDON, MANAGER - MARKETS INFORMATION | No public offices held