Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 3 (2007-01-24 to 2007-07-14) 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.
| Organization: |
Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board
655 Southgate Drive Guelph, ON N1G 5G6 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 519-767-4600 Ext.: 306 |
| Fax number: | 519-829-1769 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Giacomino Slibar, Executive Director |
| Description of the organization's activities: | Ontario Pork represents the 3300 producers who market hogs in the province of Ontario. The Ontario Pork Producers' Marketing Board (OPPMB) was formed in 1946. A producer vote held in 1945 showed there was an overwhelming majority of hog producers in Ontario who favoured a producer-controlled organization. The provincial government enacted the Ontario Hog Marketing Scheme - 1946 under the Farm Products Control Act. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Ontario Pork represents pork producers in many areas, including hog marketing, consumer education, research, government representation, environmental issues, animal care and food quality assurance. The organization is also responsible for arranging for payment of hogs and, working cooperatively with the processors, arranging the trucking. Ontario Pork acts as the official spokes-group for the industry and is a source of information about the industry.There are 29 county or regional pork producer associations (Producer Participation). The activities of the county groups include the promotion of pork on a local level. The counties within a zone also elect producers to serve as councillors. The councillors attend local, regional, and provincial meetings and are the grassroots voice of the organization.Most importantly, councillors are responsible for electing from amongst themselves the 14 individuals who form the provincial Board of Directors. The Board of Directors' primary task is to set policy and to provide staff with direction on Ontario Pork's operation and its services. The directors in this role become involved in a broad range of issues such as animal care, international trade, food safety, the environment and agricultural education. In this capacity the directors work with many other public and farm groups. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Wilma Jeffray |
| Position title: | Vice-Chair |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Curtiss Littlejohn |
| Position title: | Chair |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Keith Robbins |
| Position title: | Director of Communications and Consumer Marketing |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Giacomino Slibar |
| Position title: | Executive Director |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, National Energy Board (NEB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) | ||||||
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Transportation | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | The organization was dealing with many provincial issues during this time period resulting in no federal lobbying efforts taking place. | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Enviroment, International Trade, Health and Long Term Care, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | ||||||
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