Registration - In-house Organization

Dairy Processors Association of Canada / Association des Transformateurs Laitiers du Canada / Mathieu Frigon, President and Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Dairy Processors Association of Canada / Association des Transformateurs Laitiers du Canada
Responsible Officer Name: Mathieu Frigon, President and Chief Executive Officer
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2016-05-01
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 936087-358082

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 358

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 17

Version 21 of 21 (2024-11-22 to present)

Registration versions:

Version 21 of 21 (2024-11-22 to present)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	Bill C-252 – An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibition of food and beverage marketing directed at children	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
International Trade	Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Industry	Canadian Food Inspection Agency Feed Regulatory Renewal, project to modernize the Feed Regulations.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	Canadian Food Inspection Agency Food Inspection Modernization Initiative with respect to food safety and consistent delivery.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	Canadian Food Inspection Agency Guidelines for Labelling of Highlighted Ingredients and Flavours with respect to clarity.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	Canadian Food Inspection Agency Labelling Modernization Initiative with respect to food.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	Canadian Food Inspection Agency Regulatory Modernization Initiative with respect to food safety.	Policies or Program
Health	Components of Health Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy.	Regulation, Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Industry, International Trade	DAIRY POLICY -- role and responsibilities of Canadian Dairy Commission and the Canadian Milk Supply Management Committee.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	DAIRY PRODUCTS REGULATIONS -- regarding revised cheese compositional standards.	Regulation
Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Industry, Small Business	Development and adoption of a Grocery Code of Conduct by industry.	Policies or Program
Immigration, Labour	Federal Food Security Immigration Stream: Advocating for a dedicated program for food processors employing foreign nationals who arrive to fill permanent, year-round positions and who have the intention of becoming permanent Canadian residents.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	FOOD AND DRUG REGULATIONS -- regarding dairy standards of identity and labelling.	Regulation
Animal Welfare, Consumer Issues, Industry	HEALTH OF ANIMALS REGULATIONS - regarding proposed amendment of the humane transport requirements.	Regulation
Economic Development, Industry, International Trade	INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS -- Mitigating the impact of current and future trade agreements on the Canadian dairy processing sector, including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).	Regulation, Policies or Program
Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Industry, Internal Trade	Measures to stabilize food prices including the establishment of a Grocery Task Force and a food data hub, and additional initiatives being contemplated by the government.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	Notice of intent regarding the Minister of Health’s intention to publish marketing authorizations to permit vitamin D fortification of yogurt and kefir and expand the eligibility for the dairy-related exemption from the front-of-package nutrition labelling requirement.	Regulation, Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health, Industry	Proposed policy on restricting food advertising primarily directed at children.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Environment, Industry	Proposed Regulatory Framework for Recycled content and labelling rules for plastics.	Regulation, Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal (CART)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

Regulatory and policy advocacy on behalf of the dairy processing sector.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Mathieu Frigon, President and Chief Executive Officer

Organization's membership or classes of membership

DPAC members are Canadian dairy processors. Formal membership classes include: Primary: primary dairy processors with operations in Canada General: non-primary dairy processors and marketers with operations in Canada. Associate: parties not included in the Primary and General categories who have an interest in promoting the goals and objectives of DPAC.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
220 Laurier Ave. W.
Suite 500
Ottawa, ON K1P 5Z9
Canada

Telephone number: 613-232-7242
Fax number: 613-232-7242

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Chathurika Dayananda, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Member Relations | No public offices held
Ons Dhaoui, Policy Analyst | No public offices held
Mathieu Frigon, President and Chief Executive Officer | Public offices held
Pavithraa Moorthi, Dairy Sector Analyst | No public offices held

Dairy Processors Association of Canada/Association des Transformateurs Laitiers du Canada

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
Dairy Processors Association of Canada/Association des Transformateurs Laitiers du Canada	2016-05-01	current

Dairy Processors Association of Canada / Association des Transformateurs Laitiers du Canada

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Mathieu Frigon	2018-01-08	Current
Jacques Lefebvre	2016-05-01	2018-01-08

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Interchange - Dairy Processors Association of Canada Library of Parliament, Parliamentary Information and Research Service	October 2016 to June 2018	Not a designated office
Senior Analyst Library of Parliament, Parliamentary Information and Research Service	February 2007 to October 2016	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-04-30

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Registration - In-house Organization

Dairy Processors Association of Canada / Association des Transformateurs Laitiers du Canada / Mathieu Frigon, President and Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 21 of 21 (2024-11-22 to present)

Version 21 of 21 (2024-11-22 to present)

Subject Matter Details

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization