Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Increase A-base funding for agricultural public research, and make better use of annual budgeted funds to align with industry priorities.
Lobby for funding to assist the Canada-US Working Group on grain trade in resolving cross-border trade issues.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Lobby for effective back to work legislation during applicable labour disruptions in grain transportation and grain inspection services.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Lobby for effective trade negotiations and enforcement provisions in key export markets.
Lobby to ensure adequate infrastructure is in place to maximize effectiveness of grain handling and transportation systems. For example, Pacific Gateway.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Lobby for improved metrics and performance measurements in grain transportation system.
Lobby of policies and programs that improve the competitiveness and profitability of the agriculture value chain.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
Lobby to ensure taxation regime allows businesses in the grain trade to be cost competitive internationally.
Lobby to ensure that changes to the Canadian Grain Commission cost effectively meet the needs of the grain industry as a whole.
Policies or Program
Ensure the AAFC Grains Roundtable has appropriate funding and support to provide solutions to the Government on grain issues.
Lobby to ensure sufficient resources are allocated to the Market Access Secretariat with in AAFC.
Policies or Program, Regulation
Lobby for national and international standards and standardization of Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of pesticides on grain.
Work with Government to ensure effective health information and facts reach Canadian consumers on the safety of food.
Regulation
Lobby for implementation of national and international low-level presence (LLP) standards in commercial grain and seed.
Lobby for practical and workable levels of micro-toxins in raw grain, handling and food processing.
Lobby for time sensitive approvals of pesticides and germ-plasm to assist our industry in being competitive internationally.