12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Canadian Federation of Agriculture/La Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture / Scott Ross, Executive Director

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Active - Last Updated: 2024-10-15

Who is lobbying?

Canadian Federation of Agriculture/La Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture (Address, activities & membership)

Scott Ross, Executive Director

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, International Trade, Transportation	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA - In respect to review of Canada Transportation Act, to ensure that crop farmer and shipper needs are addressed in light of chronic grain rail transportation problems in Western Canada	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Taxation and Finance	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA - Agricultural Marketing Products Act regulations, to ensure that the Advance Payments Program continues to provide producers with access to advances on product marketing to alleviate unmanageable cash flow concerns.	Regulation
Agriculture, International Trade	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA and GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANDA - In respect to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations to ensure Canada achieves beneficial results for Canadian farmers, including real and meaningful market access for our export –reliant commodities while protecting Canada’s supply managed-sector	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA – Agricultural Marketing Products Act, in respect to increasing maximum advance limits, reducing red tape, increasing flexibility regarding cash repayments, and promoting increased access to the program for all producers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Intellectual Property	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA – Plant Breeders’ Rights regulations, in respect to balancing the needs of producers with the interests of varietal developers, investors, and other relevant stakeholders.	Regulation
Agriculture, Environment, International Trade, Labour, Transportation	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA – in respect to agricultural safety net legislation, to ensure that Canadian farmers are adequately protected from unforeseen, uncontrollable falls in income due to weather, insects, disease, trade action, market failure or international trade distorting subsidies, business risk management programs.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Environment	AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA – Pesticide Risk Reduction Program – to reduce the risk of pesticides and promote alternative approaches to pest management.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Animal Welfare, Justice and Law Enforcement	AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA/HEALTH CANADA – regulations which concern the human treatment and handling of animals that could affect the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to agricultural producers. Bill S-275, Biosecurity on Farms.	Regulation
Budget, Taxation and Finance	Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance. Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) is a deduction that can be claimed over a period of several years. The accelerated investment incentive provides an enhanced first-year allowance for certain eligible property that is subject to CCA rules. Budget 2021 allowed for immediate expensing of up to $1.5 million of eligible investments (e.g., tractors, combines, etc.,) each year by Canadian-controlled private corporations. The measure applied from April 2021 - December 2023. CFA seeks a re-introduction of this tax measure to make it more permanent to help farmers facing tight operating margins where they would otherwise delay investment in machinery and equipment.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Environment, Taxation and Finance	Bill C-234 and Carbon Pricing - to seek support for Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, which would provide carbon tax relief to certain farming activities such as grain drying and heating barns and greenhouses, and to ensure carbon pricing does not further impact farmers essential production practices.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Environment, Health, International Trade	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, in respect to food labelling, statements and claims.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Internal Trade, International Trade	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Feed regulations, in respect to new and innovative ingredients and ensuring competitiveness.	Regulation
Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Fertilizer regulations, in respect to ensuring Canadian agriculture has timely access to safe, efficacious, fertilizer and supplements at competitive prices.	Regulation
Agriculture	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Safe Food for Canadians Act, in respect to regulatory modernization within Canada’s food inspection regime and how changes may affect agricultural producers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture	CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION – Canada Grains Act, in respect to ensuring payment security mechanisms provide adequate protection to producers facing instances of non-payment and/or late payment	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture	Canada Grain Act (CGC) - to seek the modernization of the Canada Grain Act to better represent the interests of producers, be more predictable, cost effective and transparent, and increased funding to the CGC to support the public good function of the CGC such as grain quality assurance, while reaffirming the Canadian Grain Commission's mandate to maintain standards and regulate grain handling in the interests of grain producers.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, Health	Competitiveness Lens in Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) - to seek support from regulators such as PMRA and CFIA to ensure policies and regulations such as those relating to labelling, packaging, licensing, and certification, consider the economic and competitiveness impacts on Canadian businesses, while maintaining PMRA and CFIA's primary objective to protect the health and safety of Canadians and the Canadian environment.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture	Disaster Relief - to ensure that farmers have access to Business Risk Management programs that are adequate and responsive to the effects of extreme weather events across Canada, CFA seeks for the government of Canada to strike a disaster relief task team and summit with the provinces, territories, and farm groups to determine a course of action to support Canadian farmers.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Employment and Training, Labour	EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, in respect to ensuring the Canadian agricultural industry has access to skilled, competitive labour.	Regulation
Agriculture, Employment and Training, Labour	EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Labour Market Agreements and Labour Market Development Agreements, in respect to improving the ability of the Canadian agricultural industry to continually improve the skills of farmers, and have access to skilled, competitive labour.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Employment and Training, Immigration, Labour	EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Temporary Foreign Worker Program, in respect to ensuring adequate access to labour for Canadian farms, encouraging avenues to permanent residency, and better integration of under-represented groups.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Animal Welfare, Environment	Environment and Climate Change Canada – Species at Risk Act or habitat conservation bill or resolution that affects the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Transportation	Extended Interswitching - to seek an extension of the temporary 18-month pilot of extended interswitching introduced in Budget 2023 through an amendment to the Canada Transportation Act for an additional 30 months and extend the distance to 500 km to gather more information on how it can support increased rail competition.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, Environment, International Trade	FINANCE CANADA - Income, business, and Goods and Services taxation regulations, in respect to ensuring the Canadian agricultural industry and Canadian farmers exist in a competitive market and can remain competitive relative to their international competitors.	Regulation
Agriculture, Environment, Taxation and Finance	FINANCE CANADA – Federal Budget, in respect to increased public research funding for climate change adaptation & crop varietal development, promoting investment into future risk mitigation, and facilitating intergenerational farm transfers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Taxation and Finance	FINANCE CANADA – Income Tax Act, in respect to facilitating intergenerational farm transfers through holding companies, greater flexibility around sibling ownership, and the interpretation of restricted farm losses.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, International Trade, Taxation and Finance	FINANCE CANADA – Income Tax Act, in respect to income, business, and Goods and Services taxation to ensure that the Canadian agricultural industry and Canadian farmers exist in a competitive market and can remain competitive relative to their international competitors.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Budget	Federal Data Strategy - to recommend that Canada develop a national strategy and data governance legislative framework to provide clear rules regarding the use, mobilization, and storage of data, protect against privacy concerns, and promote data literacy to support Canada's productivity and sustainability objectives.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, Environment, Internal Trade, International Trade	HEALTH CANADA – Pest Control Products Act, in respect to reducing environmental and health risks of pest control products while improving the opportunities and environmental and economic sustainability for agricultural producers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Environment	HEALTH CANADA – Pest Control Products Regulations, in respect of ensuring the science-based assessment and registration of pest control products is carried out in a competitive, healthy and environmentally safe manner that offers agricultural producers with economical input choices.	Regulation
Agriculture	Large Animal Veterinarians - to seek support for the recruitment and accreditation of foreign-trained veterinarians by establishing a national testing centre to ensure foreign-trained veterinarians can become qualified to practice in Canada sooner and address the critical shortage of large animal vets in Canada.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Taxation and Finance	Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption - to seek an increase to the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption due to the appreciation of farmland values and capital demands for agriculture over recent years, and to address the challenges for young farmers to enter to the sector.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
Agriculture, Labour	National Workforce Strategy Secretariat - to seek support for a secretariat to the National Workforce Strategy that would maintain stakeholder engagement and advance the research articulated in the strategy.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Privacy and Access to Information	STATISTICS CANADA – Census on Agriculture, ensuring accurate data for the Canadian agriculture industry.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Privacy and Access to Information	STATISTICS CANADA – Crop Production Surveys, ensuring accurate production estimates for the Canadian agriculture industry.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Privacy and Access to Information	STATISTICS CANADA – Information Dissemination, ensuring the Statistics Canada website facilitates access to agricultural information in a user-friendly fashion.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, International Trade, Labour, Transportation	TRANSPORT CANADA and CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY - - In respect to review of Canada Transportation Act, to ensure that crop farmer and shipper needs are addressed in light of chronic grain rail transportation problems in Western Canada	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Labour	Temporary Foreign Worker Program - to seek support in addressing the chronic labour shortages in the agriculture sector by ensuring the agriculture streams are maintained to support farmers' seasonal and temporary needs, while at the same time supporting pathways to permanent residency for experienced temporary foreign workers.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, Employment and Training, Labour	• IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND CITIZENSHIP CANADA – Express entry programs, encouraging sufficient avenues to permanent residency for experienced, temporary Canadian farm workers.	Policies or Program

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 & AGRI-FOOD CANADA - In respect to review of Canada Transportation Act, to ensure that crop farmer and shipper needs are addressed in light of chronic grain rail transportation problems in Western Canada	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA - Agricultural Marketing Products Act regulations, to ensure that the Advance Payments Program continues to provide producers with access to advances on product marketing to alleviate unmanageable cash flow concerns.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA and GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANDA - In respect to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations to ensure Canada achieves beneficial results for Canadian farmers, including real and meaningful market access for our export –reliant commodities while protecting Canada’s supply managed-sector	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA – Agricultural Marketing Products Act, in respect to increasing maximum advance limits, reducing red tape, increasing flexibility regarding cash repayments, and promoting increased access to the program for all producers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA – Growing Forward 2, ensuring that Canadian farmers are adequately protected from unforeseen, uncontrollable falls in income due to weather, insects, disease, trade action, market failure or international trade distorting subsidies; and ensuring all cost-shared programming supports continued success in the Canadian agriculture industry.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA – Growing Forward 2, obtaining contributions for the Federation through funding programs (AgriRisk); ensuring that Canadian farmers are adequately protected from production and market risk.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA – Plant Breeders’ Rights regulations, in respect to balancing the needs of producers with the interests of varietal developers, investors, and other relevant stakeholders.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD CANADA – in respect to agricultural safety net legislation, to ensure that Canadian farmers are adequately protected from unforeseen, uncontrollable falls in income due to weather, insects, disease, trade action, market failure or international trade distorting subsidies.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA – Pesticide Risk Reduction Program – to reduce the risk of pesticides and promote alternative approaches to pest management.	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/HEALTH CANADA - regulations concerning biotechnology that ensures innovation within the agricultural industry, protection of the health and environment of Canadians, ensures competitive behaviour with regards to the results of biotechnology development, and maintains the rights of farmers to save seed.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA/HEALTH CANADA – regulations which concern the human treatment and handling of animals that could affect the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to agricultural producers.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADA REVENUE AGENCY – Farm Income Reporting, ensuring that financial reporting for farm businesses does not undermine competitiveness.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, in respect to food labelling, statements and claims.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Feed regulations, in respect to new and innovative ingredients and ensuring competitiveness.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Fertilizer regulations, in respect to ensuring Canadian agriculture has timely access to safe, efficacious, fertilizer and supplements at competitive prices.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, in respect to ensuring a robust farmers’ privilege and that producers have meaningful input into subsequent regulatory developments	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Regulatory modernization of all regulations under the new Safe Food for Canadians Act, in respect to building a world class food safety regulatory system.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Safe Food for Canadians Act, in respect to regulatory modernization within Canada’s food inspection regime and how changes may affect agricultural producers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION – Canada Grains Act regulations, in respect to ensuring payment security mechanisms provide adequate protection to producers facing instances of non-payment and/or late payment	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION – Canada Grains Act, in respect to ensuring payment security mechanisms provide adequate protection to producers facing instances of non-payment and/or late payment	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Employment Insurance Act, in respect to employment insurance for seasonal farm workers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, in respect to ensuring the Canadian agricultural industry has access to skilled, competitive labour.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Labour Market Agreements and Labour Market Development Agreements, in respect to improving the ability of the Canadian agricultural industry to continually improve the skills of farmers, and have access to skilled, competitive labour.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Temporary Foreign Worker Program, in respect to ensuring adequate access to labour for Canadian farms, encouraging avenues to permanent residency, and better integration of under-represented groups.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Environment and Climate Change Canada – Invasive species programs and policies that aim to mitigate and reverse the threat posed to working landscapes from invasive species.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Environment and Climate Change Canada – Species at Risk Act or habitat conservation bill or resolution that affects the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Environment and Climate Change Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service, in respect to allowing controlled hunts of animal and bird pests which impact agricultural operations.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	FINANCE CANADA - Income, business, and Goods and Services taxation regulations, in respect to ensuring the Canadian agricultural industry and Canadian farmers exist in a competitive market and can remain competitive relative to their international competitors.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	FINANCE CANADA – Federal Budget, in respect to increased public research funding for climate change adaptation & crop varietal development, promoting investment into future risk mitigation, and facilitating intergenerational farm transfers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	FINANCE CANADA – Income Tax Act, in respect to facilitating intergenerational farm transfers through holding companies, greater flexibility around sibling ownership, and the interpretation of restricted farm losses.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	FINANCE CANADA – Income Tax Act, in respect to income, business, and Goods and Services taxation to ensure that the Canadian agricultural industry and Canadian farmers exist in a competitive market and can remain competitive relative to their international competitors.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	HEALTH CANADA - Grower Request Own Use Program, in respect of improving the competitiveness of Canadian agriculture by working to reduce the high cost of some crop protection products in Canada vis a vis other countries.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	HEALTH CANADA – Pest Control Products Act, in respect to reducing environmental and health risks of pest control products while improving the opportunities and environmental and economic sustainability for agricultural producers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	HEALTH CANADA – Pest Control Products Regulations, in respect of ensuring the science-based assessment and registration of pest control products is carried out in a competitive, healthy and environmentally safe manner that offers agricultural producers with economical input choices.	Regulation
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	STATISTICS CANADA – Census on Agriculture, ensuring accurate data for the Canadian agriculture industry.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	STATISTICS CANADA – Crop Production Surveys, ensuring accurate production estimates for the Canadian agriculture industry.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	STATISTICS CANADA – Information Dissemination, ensuring the Statistics Canada website facilitates access to agricultural information in a user-friendly fashion.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	TRANSPORT CANADA and CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY - - In respect to review of Canada Transportation Act, to ensure that crop farmer and shipper needs are addressed in light of chronic grain rail transportation problems in Western Canada	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	• IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND CITIZENSHIP CANADA – Express entry programs, encouraging sufficient avenues to permanent residency for experienced, temporary Canadian farm workers.	Policies or Program

Subject matters in previous versions

Agriculture
Broadcasting
Climate
Consumer Issues
Employment and Training
Energy
Environment
Financial Institutions
Fisheries
Health
Immigration
Industry
Intellectual Property
Internal Trade
International Trade
Labour
Regional Development
Science and Technology
Small Business
Taxation and Finance
Telecommunications
Transportation

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Senate of Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
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:

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

Who are the lobbyists?

Laurie Karson, Director of Communications | No public offices held
Scott Ross, Assistant Executive Director | No public offices held

Lobbyists in previous versions
- Frank Annau, Environmental & Science Policy Advisor | No public offices held

Registration number: 951815-67
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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
2024-10-22	Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture, Health
2024-10-22	Rebecca Caldwell , Senior Policy Advisor Prime Minister's Office (PMO)	Agriculture, Budget, Health
2024-10-22	Terry Dowdall, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture, Environment, Health, Taxation and Finance
2024-10-22	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons Lianne Rood, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture, Health
2024-09-26	Elissa Golberg, Ambassador of Canada to Italy Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Lawrence Hanson, Deputy Minister Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture, International Trade
2024-09-05	Nadia Kadri , Director of Policy Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Simon Laberge, Minister exempt staff Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Agriculture, Labour
2024-08-14	Jerome Côté, Director of Policy \| Minister's Office, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)	Agriculture, Environment
2024-07-17	Lawrence Hanson, Deputy Minister \| Deputy Minister's Office, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture, International Trade
2024-03-19	John Moffet, ‎Assistant Deputy Minister Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Tara Shannon, Assistant Deputy Minister Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) JF Tremblay , Deputy Minister Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Michael Zinck, Assistant Deputy Minister Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	Agriculture, Environment
2024-02-08	Kevin Vuong, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2024-02-07	Jeremy Keats, Policy Advisor \| Minister's Office, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Emerson Vandenberg, Director of Policy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2024-02-07	Jeremy Keats, Policy Advisor \| Minister's Office, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Emerson Vandenberg, Director of Policy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture
2024-01-30	Kody Blois, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2024-01-25	Mike Morrice, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture
2024-01-18	Andrew Bevan, Chief of Staff \| Office of the Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)	Agriculture

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Canadian Federation of Agriculture / La Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture - Address, activities & membership

Address:

21 Florence Street
Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6
Canada

Telephone number: 613-366-4721

Contact information in previous versions
- 21 Florence Street
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-236-3633
- 21 Florence Street
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-236-3633 Ext. 2323
  
  Fax number: 613-236-5749
- 21 Florence Street
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-236-3633 Ext. 2324
  
  Fax number: 613-236-5749
- 21 Florence Street
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-236-3633 Ext. 224
  
  Fax number: 613-236-5749
- 1101-75 Albert Street
  Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-236-3633 Ext. 224
  
  Fax number: 613-236-5749
- 1101 - 75 ALBERT STREET
  OTTAWA, ON K1P5E7
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-236-3633
  
  Fax number: 613-236-5749
- 1101 - 75 ALBERT STREET
  OTTAWA, ON K1P 5E7
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-236-3633
  
  Fax number: 613-236-5749

Description of the organization's activities:
To coordinate the efforts of agriculture producer organizations throughout Canada for the purpose of promoting their common interest through collective action to assist members and, where necessary government, in and for promoting national agricultural policies to meet changing domestic and international economic conditions; and to collaborate and cooperate with organized groups of producers outside Canada to further this objective. To promote and advance acceptance of positive social, economic and environmental conditions of those engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CANADA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THEIR COMMON INTEREST THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION TO ASSIST MEMBERS AND, WHERE NECESSARY GOVERNMENT, IN AND FOR PROMOTING NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICIES TO MEET CHANGING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; AND TO COLLABORATE AND COOPERATE WITH ORGANIZED GROUPS OF PRODUCERS OUTSIDE CANADA TO FURTHER THIS OBJECTIVE. TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ACCEPTANCE OF POSITIVE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THOSE ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS.
- TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CANADA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THEIR COMMON INTEREST THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION TO ASSIST MEMBERS AND, WHERE NECESSARY GOVERNMENT, IN AND FOR PROMOTING NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICIES TO MEET CHANGING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; AND TO COLLABORATE AND COOPERATE WITH ORGANIZED GROUPS OF PRODUCERS OUTSIDE CANADA TO FURTHER THIS OBJECTIVE. TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ACCEPTANCE OF POSITIVE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THOSE ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS.
- TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CANADA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THEIR COMMON INTEREST THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION TO ASSIST MEMBERS AND, WHERE NECESSARY GOVERNMENT, IN AND FOR PROMOTING NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICIES TO MEET CHANGING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; AND TO COLLABORATE AND COOPERATE WITH ORGANIZED GROUPS OF PRODUCERS OUTSIDE CANADA TO FURTHER THIS OBJECTIVE. TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ACCEPTANCE OF POSITIVE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THOSE ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
General farm organizations and national/regional commodity groups and cooperatives.

Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
- GENERAL FARM ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL / REGIONAL COMMODITY GROUPS AND COOPERATIVES.

Date Modified:: 2024-12-05

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