Registration - In-house Organization

Grain Growers of Canada / Les producteurs de grains du Canada / Kyle Larkin, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Grain Growers of Canada / Les producteurs de grains du Canada
Responsible Officer Name: Kyle Larkin, Executive Director
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2006-11-17
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 926501-14239

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 755

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 43

Version 41 of 44 (2024-06-03 to 2024-07-22)

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Version 41 of 44 (2024-06-03 to 2024-07-22)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Transportation	Advocating for a fair and efficient railway transportation system that serves the needs of grain producers.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, International Trade	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.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Natural Resources	Biofuels and the regulations related to biofuels including the % content required in Cdn fuels, feed stocks, and the incentive programs in place for expansion.	Policies or Program
Labour, Transportation	Canada Labour Code, and regulations specifically related to grain handling and transportation.	Regulation
Taxation and Finance	Capital Gains Inclusion Rate, specifically as it relates to intergenerational transfers and family farms.	Policies or Program
Agriculture	Creation of new rural development programs, with a specific focus on research and value adding to the cereal, oilseeds and pulse sectors.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Transportation	Grain Transportation Act, specifically on the transportation of cereal, oilseed and pulse crops.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Health	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.	Regulation
Taxation and Finance	Income Tax Act and specifically taxation related to agriculture and value-added agricultural processing.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Taxation and Finance	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.	Policies or Program
Environment, Taxation and Finance	National Farm Stewardship Program and more specifically costs of administration to be borne by farmers.	Policies or Program
Health	Pesticide Management Review Agency regulations in regards to Minor Use Pesticide Program including new pesticides, minor uses and amended labelling for usage.	Regulation
Health, International Trade	Pesticide Management Review Agency regulations in regards to the Own Use Import and the Grower Requested Own Use programs.	Regulation
Agriculture, Environment, Industry	Right to repair to ensure that grain farmers can access diagnostics software to repair their equipment.	Policies or Program
Agriculture	Seeds Act, more specifically existing and proposed regulations from CFIA and AAFC on Plant Novel Traits, Weed Seed Orders and Genetically Modified Organisms.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Environment, Taxation and Finance	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.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Taxation and Finance	Tax Code, Income Tax Act, specifically proposed changes to Tax Planning Using Private Corporations.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture	The Smart Regulation initiative as it relates to crop registration, agriculture, crop input registrations and health claims for human or animal consumption.	Policies or Program
Natural Resources, Transportation	Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, specifically around the movement and storage of crop inputs and farm machinery.	Policies or Program

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

Economic Development
Science and Technology

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Justice Canada (JC)
National Defence (DND)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

s the national voice for Canada’s grain farmers, Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) represents over 65,000 producers through our 14 national, provincial and regional grower groups. Our members are trade oriented, sustainable and innovative. As a farmer-driven association for the grains industry, GGC advocates for federal policy that supports the competitiveness and profitability of grain growers across Canada.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Kyle Larkin, Executive Director

Organization's membership or classes of membership

We are made up of farm organizations, as follows: Alberta Pulse Growers, Alberta Barley, Alberta Wheat Commission, Atlantic Grains Council, BC Grain Producers Association, Canadian Canola Growers Association, Manitoba Crop Alliance, Prairie Oat Growers Association, Manitoba Pulse Soybean Growers, Producteurs de Grain du Quebec, SaskFlax, Sask Wheat, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, Western Barley Growers Association, and Western Canadian Wheat Growers.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
350 Sparks Street
Suite 703
Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
Canada

Telephone number: 613-233-9954 Ext. 1

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Kyle Larkin, Executive Director | Public offices held
Kinga Nolan, Manager, Policy and Regulatory Affairs | Public offices held
Hana Sabah, Communications Manager | No public offices held

Grain Growers of Canada/Les producteurs de grains du Canada

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Grain Growers of Canada/Les producteurs de grains du Canada	2024-03-25	current
Grain Growers of Canada/Les producteurs de grains du Canada	2008-07-29	2024-03-25

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Grain Growers of Canada/Les producteurs de grains du Canada

Grain Growers of Canada / Les producteurs de grains du Canada

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Kyle Larkin	2023-07-17	Current
Erin Gowriluk	2019-01-07	2023-07-17
Lindsey Ehman	2017-11-20	2019-01-07
Fiona Cook	2016-05-09	2017-11-20
Geneviève Riberdy	2016-02-12	2016-05-09
Bryan Rogers	2014-03-03	2016-02-12
Janet Krayden	2013-10-01	2014-03-03
Richard Phillips	2006-11-17	2013-07-31

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Parliamentary Assistant House of Commons, Member of Parliament	October 2015 to April 2016	Not a designated office
Intern House of Commons, Member of Parliament	December 2014 to June 2015	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Parliamentary Assistant House of Commons, Member of Parliament	October 2015 to April 2016	Not a designated office
Intern House of Commons, Member of Parliament	December 2014 to June 2015	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Constituency Office Assistant House of Commons, Member of Parliament Constituency Office	May 2020 to August 2020	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2024-11-13

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Registration - In-house Organization

Grain Growers of Canada / Les producteurs de grains du Canada / Kyle Larkin, Executive Director

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 41 of 44 (2024-06-03 to 2024-07-22)

Version 41 of 44 (2024-06-03 to 2024-07-22)

Subject Matter Details

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization