Registry of Lobbyists
Grain Growers of Canada / Les producteurs de grains du Canada
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Transportation
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Advocating for a fair and efficient railway transportation system that serves the needs of grain producers.
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Policies or Program
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Agriculture, International Trade
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Agriculture, Natural Resources
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Biofuels and the regulations related to biofuels including the % content required in Cdn fuels, feed stocks, and the incentive programs in place for expansion.
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Regulation, Policies or Program
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Labour, Transportation
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Canada Labour Code, and regulations specifically related to grain handling and transportation.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
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Agriculture
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Creation of new rural development programs, with a specific focus on research and value adding to the cereal, oilseeds and pulse sectors.
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Policies or Program
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Agriculture, Transportation
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Grain Transportation Act, specifically on the transportation of cereal, oilseed and pulse crops.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
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Health
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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.
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Policies or Program, Regulation
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Taxation and Finance
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Income Tax Act and specifically taxation related to agriculture and value-added agricultural processing.
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Policies or Program, Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Agriculture, Taxation and Finance
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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.
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
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Environment, Taxation and Finance
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National Farm Stewardship Program and more specifically costs of administration to be borne by farmers.
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Policies or Program
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Agriculture
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On Farm Food Safety and more specifically the design, costs and enforcement as it relates directly to farmers.
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Regulation, Policies or Program
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Health
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Pesticide Management Review Agency regulations in regards to Minor Use Pesticide Program including new pesticides, minor uses and amended labelling for usage.
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Policies or Program, Regulation
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Health, International Trade
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Pesticide Management Review Agency regulations in regards to the Own Use Import and the Grower Requested Own Use programs.
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Regulation, Policies or Program
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Environment
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Regulations in regards to Environmental Farm Planning, more specifically the design, costs and implementation fo the farm planning
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Regulation, Policies or Program
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Agriculture
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Seeds Act, more specifically existing and proposed regulations from CFIA and AAFC on Plant Novel Traits, Weed Seed Orders and Genetically Modified Organisms.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation, Policies or Program
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Agriculture, Environment, Taxation and Finance
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Taxation and Finance
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Tax Code, Income Tax Act, specifically proposed changes to Tax Planning Using Private Corporations.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Agriculture
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The Smart Regulation initiative as it relates to crop registration, agriculture, crop input registrations and health claims for human or animal consumption.
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Policies or Program, Regulation
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Natural Resources, Transportation
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Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, specifically around the movement and storage of crop inputs and farm machinery.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
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