Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Agriculture
• Consumer Issues
• Economic Development
• Environment
• Health
• Industry
• Internal Trade
• International Development
• International Relations
• International Trade
• Research and Development
• Science and Technology
• Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Agreement on Internal Trade
• Canada-EU Trade Agreement, CUSMA, CPTTP and Canada-UK. The components within these agreements that we are interested in are agriculture and protection/exemption of supply management.
• Food and Drug Act and its accompanying regulations as it applies to the labelling and advertising of dairy products
• Implementation of Special Agricultural Safeguard for supply-managed products, dairy products in particular.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

• Climate Change / Environment Farm practices for greenhouse gas mitigation; documenting programs that exist provincially and federally that are available to dairy producers; promoting best management practices.
• Implementation of new tariff rate quotas for milk protein isolates as per GATT Article XXVIII, Amendment to Customs Tariff (tariff line 3504). Work with Finance Canada, AAFC and DFAIT on implementation and allocation of said TRQ.
• Research Under "Canadian Agricultural Partnership", the federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food announced a research cluster, in cooperation with Dairy Farmers of Canada, worth $12M.
• Traceability Under "Agricultural Partnership", the establishment of regulations for traceability. Collaborating with provincial and federal governments in the determination of private and public interests and in discussions with Ministers re government/industry share of costs.

Policies or Program

• Advocating for resources for Border enforcement of dairy regulations.
• Animal Health - development of the Animal Health Canada with CFIA and AAFC.
• Canada's position on agriculture at the UN Food System Summit.
• Consultation on Vitamin D fortification.
• Consultations on supplemented foods.
• Contribute to a Vision Exercise on the future of dairy with AAFC.
• Development of the Code of Practice for the Care and handling of Dairy Cattle in cooperation with CFIA's activities in OIE (Organisation mondiale de la Santé Animale).
• Discretionary Food Fortification policy of Health Canada. DFC has particular interest in the discretionary food fortification of non-nutritious foods and vitamin fortification of dairy products.
• Explicit and implied Health Claims related to dairy and non-dairy products
• Federal framework and action plan on antimicrobial us and antimicrobial resistance.
• Growing Forward. This is a federal-provincial agreement with oversight for many of our issues (Business Risk Management, Research, etc.)
• Mitigation measures for Trade Agreements.
• Modernizing of official methods: consultation on PDCAAS.
• Plant and Animal Health Strategy - Marketing through NFAHW council but owned by CFIA.
• Product of Canada consultations Dairy Farmers of Canada participated in federal government consultations on regulations pertaining to "Product of Canada".
• Quality Milk Program - Implementation and administration of the Quality Milk Program under the Canadian On-Farm Food Safety Program of AAFC.
• Review the DRIs for macronutrients.
• Trans fats, Saturated fats, Sodium and Sugar as it relates to dairy products, Food Guide recommendations and nutritional labelling.
• Use of Veterinary Natural Health Products in dairy livestock production - Veterinary Drugs Directorate of Health Canada.
• WTO (World Trade Organization) Negotiations on Agriculture as it relates to supply management.
• proAction - implementation and administration of the proAction program.

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Ensure the appropriate allocation of the Tariff Rate Quotas under the Comprehensive Review of the Allocation and Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas for Dairy, Poultry and Egg Products.
• Guide for Food labelling and Advertising in respect of all dairy products and use of dairy terminology (modifiers, highlighted ingredients).
• Implementation of a Grocers Code of Conduct.
• Ingredients Industry stakeholders discussion on domestic ingredient strategy, pricing of components, marketing of ingredients. Involves discussions with the Canadian Dairy Commission.

Regulation

• Canadian Agricultural Products Act with respect to standards for ice cream and yogurt.
• Discretionary Food Fortification Governed by Food and Drug Act and the Agricultural Products Marketing Act.
• Food and Drug Act and its accompanying regulations as they apply to all dairy product compositional standards, in particular those on cheese and yogourt.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
• 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
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
• Senate of Canada
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
• Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

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