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,
anti-dumping 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 Dairy Commission (CDC)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
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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 Credit Canada (FCC)
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Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
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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 Skills 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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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
Dennis Boudreau
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No public offices held
Business address:
Concession
Church Point, NS b0W 1M0
Canada
Telephone number:
902-769-3501
Consultant relationship to the client
- The registrant is a member of this organization.
- The registrant is on the board of directors for this organization.
