Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- 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 Details
Legislative Proposal, 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.
- 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.
- Cruelty to animal bills or resolutions that affects the
management of farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
- Environmental management or endangered species
bill or resolution that affects the management of farms,
farm revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Policies 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.
- 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.
- Cruelty to animal policies or programs that affects the
management of farms, farm revenues or change costs
to Canadian farmers.
- Environmental management or endangered species
policy or program that affects the management of
farms, farm revenues or change costs to Canadian
farmers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Cruelty to animal regulation that affects the
management of farms, farm revenues or change costs
to Canadian farmers.
- Environmental management or endangered species
regulation that affects the management of farms, farm
revenues or change costs to Canadian farmers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, antidumping
and countervailing duties, trade remedy
measures, non-tariff trade barriers and the right to
choose domestic marketing structures.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
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Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
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Competition Tribunal (CT)
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Environment Canada
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Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
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Grain Transportation Agency (GTA)
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Health Canada (HC)
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Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Industry Canada
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National Energy Board (NEB)
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Client Details
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
Client Contact Information
Address:
21 Florence Street
Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6
Canada
Telephone number:
613-236-3633
Fax number:
613-236-5749
Web address:
www.cfa-fca.ca
Client representative
Brigid Rivoire, Executive Director
Parent Company Information
Canadian Federation of Agriculture / Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
Coalition Members Information
Canadian Federation of Agriculture / Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture is not a coalition.
Individual, organization or corporation with a Direct Interest Beneficiary Information
The activities of Canadian Federation of Agriculture / Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
Subsidiary Beneficiary Information
Canadian Federation of Agriculture / Fédération canadienne de l'agriculture does not have any subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking
Lobbyist Details
Richard Kroeker
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No public offices held
Business address:
box 33 rr1
Landmark, MB R0A 0X0
Canada
Telephone number:
204-355-4786
Consultant relationship to the client
- The registrant is a member of this organization.
- The registrant is on the board of directors for this organization.
