Grain Growers of Canada / Les producteurs de grains du Canada
Registration:
35
of
43
(2023-09-25
to
2023-10-30)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Increase A-base funding for public research for the grains, oilseeds and pulse sectors within AAFC existing budget and to increase the global AAFC budget.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Support passage of Bill C-234, An Act to Amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, to further enable farmers' role as climate solutions providers and support competitiveness.
- Tax Code, Income Tax Act, specifically proposed changes to Tax Planning Using Private Corporations.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- Canada Labour Code, and regulations specifically related to grain handling and transportation.
- Income Tax Act and specifically taxation related to agriculture and value-added agricultural processing.
- Seeds Act, more specifically existing and proposed regulations from CFIA and AAFC on Plant Novel Traits, Weed Seed Orders and Genetically Modified Organisms.
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, specifically around the movement and storage of crop inputs and farm machinery.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- Grain Transportation Act, specifically on the transportation of cereal, oilseed and pulse crops.
Policies or Program
- Advocating for a fair and efficient railway transportation system that serves the needs of grain producers.
- Agricultural trade negotiations, including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Canada-India, and proposed bi-lateral with China, with respect to more export market opportunities for grain farmers.
- Creation of new rural development programs, with a specific focus on research and value adding to the cereal, oilseeds and pulse sectors.
- National Farm Stewardship Program and more specifically costs of administration to be borne by farmers.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Biofuels and the regulations related to biofuels including the % content required in Cdn fuels, feed stocks, and the incentive programs in place for expansion.
- Health Canada - Food and Drug Regulations as they relate to mandatory nutrition labeling, health claims involving cereal grains, oilseeds and pulse crops, Genetically Modified food labeling.
- On Farm Food Safety and more specifically the design, costs and enforcement as it relates directly to farmers.
- Pesticide Management Review Agency regulations in regards to Minor Use Pesticide Program including new pesticides, minor uses and amended labelling for usage.
- Pesticide Management Review Agency regulations in regards to the Own Use Import and the Grower Requested Own Use programs.
- Regulations in regards to Environmental Farm Planning, more specifically the design, costs and implementation fo the farm planning
- The Smart Regulation initiative as it relates to crop registration, agriculture, crop input registrations and health claims for human or animal consumption.