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Canadian Federation of Agriculture / La Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture / Justin To, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Federation of Agriculture / La Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture
Responsible Officer Name: Justin To, Executive Director 
Initial registration start date: 2006-11-06
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 781797-14322

Version 3 of 3 (2007-11-26 to 2008-02-06)

Version 3 of 3 (2007-11-26 to 2008-02-06) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Organization Information

Organization: Canadian Federation of Agriculture / La Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture
1101-75 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5E7
Canada
Telephone number: 613-236-3633  Ext.: 223
Fax number: 613-236-5749  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Justin To, Executive Director  
 
Description of the organization's activities: To coordinate the efforts of agriculture producer organizations throughout Canada for the purpose of promoting their common interest through collective action to assist members and, where necessary government, in and for promoting national agricultural policies to meet changing domestic and international economic conditions; and to collaborate and cooperate with organized groups of producers outside Canada to further this objective. To promote and advance acceptance of positive social, economic and environmental conditions of those engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: General farm organizations and national/regional commodity groups and cooperatives.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: ROBERT FRIESEN
Position title: PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: KIERAN GREEN
Position title: Director of Communications
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DONALD KNOERR
Position title: TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Jennifer Milton
Position title: Food Safety Policy Analyst
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Glen Snoek
Position title: Farm Policy Analyst
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JUSTIN TO
Position title: Executive Director
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Chris Vervaet
Position title: Trade Policy Analyst
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SHANNON WATT
Position title: Director of Environmental Policy
Public offices held: No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, National Energy Board (NEB), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Revenue Canada (RC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Agriculture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Health, Industry, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Trade, Labour, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Lobby MP's, Senators and Officials on issues of agricultural safety nets; endangered species legislation; cruelty to animals legislation; adaptation programs for farm safety and on-farm food safety; trade issues such as domestic trade support, agricultural export subsidies, market access for agricultural products, marketing structures, anti-dumping measures & competition policy, agricultural trade remedy measures, trade & the environment; trade & labour standards;pesticides:- harmonization & registration of pesticides; cost recovery; biotechnology; transportation; and taxation (GSt & income).
Subject Matter: Prospective: Lobby MP's, Senators and Officials on issues of agricultural safety nets; endangered species legislation; cruelty to animals legislation; adaptation programs for farm safety and on-farm food safety; trade issues such as domestic trade support, agricultural export subsidies, market access for agricultural products, marketing structures, anti-dumping measures & competition policy, agricultural trade remedy measures, trade & the environment; trade & labour standards;pesticides:- harmonization & registration of pesticides; cost recovery; biotechnology; transportation; and taxation (GSt & income).
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Agricultural safety net Bill or Resolution to ensure that Canadian farmers are adequately protected from unforeseen, uncontrollable falls in income due to weather, insects, disease, trade action, market failure or international trade distorting subsidies.
Policy or Program Agricultural safety net policy or program to ensure that Canadian farmers are adequately protected from unforeseen, uncontrollable falls in income due to weather, insects, disease, trade action, market failure or international trade distorting subsidies.
Regulation Agricultural safety net regulation to ensure that Canadian farmers are adequately protected from unforeseen, uncontrollable falls in income due to weather, insects, disease, trade action, market failure or international trade distorting subsidies.
Bill or Resolution Biotechnology Bill or Resolution that ensures innovation within the agricultural industry, protection of the health and environment of Canadians, ensures competitive behaviour with regards to the results of biotechnology development, and maintains the rights of farmers to save seed.
Policy or Program Biotechnology policy or program that ensures innovation within the agricultural industry, protection of the health and environment of Canadians, ensures competitive behaviour with regards to the results of biotechnology development, and maintains the rights of farmers to save seed.
Regulation Biotechnology regulation that ensures innovation within the agricultural industry, protection of the health and environment of Canadians, ensures competitive behaviour with regards to the results of biotechnology development, and maintains the rights of farmers to save seed.
Bill or Resolution Cruelty to animal bills or resolutions that affects the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
Policy or Program Cruelty to animal policies or programs that affects the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
Regulation Cruelty to animal regulation that affects the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
Bill or Resolution Environmental management or endangered species bill or resolution that affects the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
Policy or Program Environmental management or endangered species policy or program that affects the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
Regulation Environmental management or endangered species regulation that affects the management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
Bill or Resolution Farm safety Bill or Resolution that affects revenues or costs of farms, and maintains and improves the ability of Canadian farmers to ensure the safety of themselves, their families and their employees.
Policy or Program Farm safety policy or program that affects revenues or costs of farms, and maintains and improves the ability of Canadian farmers to ensure the safety of themselves, their families and their employees.
Regulation Farm safety regulation that affects revenues or costs of farms, and maintains and improves the ability of Canadian farmers to ensure the safety of themselves, their families and their employees.
Bill or Resolution Food safety, food labeling and food inspection Bill or Resolution that affects the revenues or costs of Canadian farmers, and ensures transparency, truthfulness and strength of Canada's food safety and food labeling system.
Policy or Program Food safety, food labeling and food inspection policy or program that affects the revenues or costs of Canadian farmers, and ensures transparency, truthfulness and strength of Canada's food safety and food labeling system.
Regulation Food safety, food labeling and food inspection regulation that affects the revenues or costs of Canadian farmers, and ensures transparency, truthfulness and strength of Canada's food safety and food labeling system.
Bill or Resolution Human resource Bill or Resolution that improves the ability of the Canadian agricultural industry to continually improve the skills of farmers, and have access to skilled, competitive labour.
Policy or Program Human resource policy or program that improves the ability of the Canadian agricultural industry to continually improve the skills of farmers, and have access to skilled, competitive labour.
Regulation Human resource regulation that improves the ability of the Canadian agricultural industry to continually improve the skills of farmers, and have access to skilled, competitive labour.
Bill or Resolution Income, business, and Goods and Services taxation Bill or Resolution that ensures the Canadian agricultural industry and Canadian farmers exist in a competitive market and can remain competitive relative to their international competitors.
Policy or Program Income, business, and Goods and Services taxation policy or program that ensures the Canadian agricultural industry and Canadian farmers exist in a competitive market and can remain competitive relative to their international competitors.
Regulation Income, business, and Goods and Services taxation regulation that ensures the Canadian agricultural industry and Canadian farmers exist in a competitive market and can remain competitive relative to their international competitors.
Bill or Resolution International agricultural trade Bill or Resolution to ensure the continued development of Canadian export markets, protection of the interests of the agricultural industry, and protection of the rights of Canadian farmers to choose their own marketing systems. Specific issues are: international trade distorting domestic support, export subsidies, tariffs and market access, anti-dumping and countervailing duties, trade remedy measures, non-tariff trade barriers and the right to choose domestic marketing structures.
Policy or Program International agricultural trade policy or program to ensure the continued development of Canadian export markets, protection of the interests of the agricultural industry, and protection of the rights of Canadian farmers to choose their own marketing systems. Specific issues are: international trade distorting domestic support, export subsidies, tariffs and market access, anti-dumping and countervailing duties, trade remedy measures, non-tariff trade barriers and the right to choose domestic marketing structures.
Regulation International agricultural trade regulation to ensure the continued development of Canadian export markets, protection of the interests of the agricultural industry, and protection of the rights of Canadian farmers to choose their own marketing systems. Specific issues are: international trade distorting domestic support, export subsidies, tariffs and market access, anti-dumping and countervailing duties, trade remedy measures, non-tariff trade barriers and the right to choose domestic marketing structures.
Bill or Resolution Marketing structure Bill or Resolution to maintain and improve the business environment for Canadian farmers to enable them to work cooperatively and collectively to balance market power inequities in the marketplace and improve farm incomes.
Policy or Program Marketing structure policy or program to maintain and improve the business environment for Canadian farmers to enable them to work cooperatively and collectively to balance market power inequities in the marketplace and improve farm incomes.
Regulation Marketing structure regulation to maintain and improve the business environment for Canadian farmers to enable them to work cooperatively and collectively to balance market power inequities in the marketplace and improve farm incomes.
Bill or Resolution Pesticide Bills or Resolutions for the purpose of improving the registration and management of pesticides to provide a competitive market for a diversity of farm inputs, while protecting the health and environment of Canadians.
Policy or Program Pesticide policy or program for the purpose of improving the registration and management of pesticides to provide a competitive market for a diversity of farm inputs, while protecting the health and environment of Canadians.
Regulation Pesticide regulation for the purpose of improving the registration and management of pesticides to provide a competitive market for a diversity of farm inputs, while protecting the health and environment of Canadians.
Bill or Resolution Transportation Bills and Resolutions that ensure smooth flow of goods, ensures competitive pricing within the transportation industry and protects the safety and rights of access for Canadian farmers.
Policy or Program Transportation policies and programs that ensure smooth flow of goods, ensures competitive pricing within the transportation industry and protects the safety and rights of access for Canadian farmers.
Regulation Transportation regulation that ensures smooth flow of goods, ensures competitive pricing within the transportation industry and protects the safety and rights of access for Canadian farmers.



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