Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Agriculture
• Budget
• Consumer Issues
• Economic Development
• Employment and Training
• Energy
• Environment
• Health
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property
• International Development
• International Relations
• International Trade
• Labour
• Research and Development
• Science and Technology
• Small Business
• Taxation and Finance
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

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.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
• Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
• Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
• Environment Canada
• Farm Credit Canada (FCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
• Halifax Port Authority
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Industry Canada
• Montreal Port Authority
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Prince Rupert Port Authority
• Senate of Canada
• Thunder Bay Port Authority
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (Port Metro Vancouver)

Address:
Suite 912 - 350 Sparks Street
Ottawa, ON  K1R 7S8
Canada

Telephone number: 613-875-1795
Fax number: 613-236-3590