Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Agriculture
- Budget
- Consumer Issues
- Elections
- Environment
- Health
- Immigration
- Internal Trade
- International Trade
- Labour
- Sports
- Taxation and Finance
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Funding for the development and implementation of on-farm programs through the Canadian Integrated Food Safety Initiative.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Customs Tariff Act, Section 1 and 4
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- Health of Animals Act and Regulations dealing with the development and refinement of animal disease preparedness and response protocols.
- Health of Animals Act and Regulations dealing with the development and refinement of traceability requirements for chicken.
Policies or Program
- Agriculture 2020: Agriculture 2020 discussions concerning the implementation of future policies & programs.
- Antimicrobial registration process and guidelines for use in chicken production.
- Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement related to chicken products and the chicken sector.
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency On-Farm Food Safety Recognition Program with respect to the recognition of CFC’s food safety program.
- Growing Forward discussions concerning the implementation of the program
- Regional and Bilateral Trade Negotiations with regard to possible impact on the Canadian chicken sector.
- The Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) as it relates to supply management.
- The World Trade Organization agreement with regard to the Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Agreement (SPS) and further development of the SPS
- World Trade Organization agreements (WTO) as they relate to the negotiations on agriculture
Regulation
- Canadian Poultry Import Regime with regard to the administration and allocation of the Tariff Rate Quota.
- Consumer Packaging and Labeling Regulations with respect to production claims on labels.
- Customs D Memoranda, D10-Tariff Classification/Commodities
- Food and Drug Regulations as they relate to the Medicated Feed Mixing Program.
- Meat Inspection Regulations with respect to poultry processing.
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 Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Senate of Canada
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
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Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
CFC is a national organization representing chicken producers. It is a non-profit organization which regulates production of chicken under the supply management system. CFC’s chief responsibility is to ensure that Canadian chicken production meets domestic needs. The agency plays a key role in developing Canada’s international agricultural trade policy by representing producers interests with the federal government. Chicken farmers of Canada is a national, farmer-run (chicken producers) organization.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Michael Laliberte,
Executive Director
Organization's membership or classes of membership
The agency’s membership consists of one producer Director from 10 provinces; each Director has a vote. One non-voting Chairman and 4 voting non-producers Directors representing processors, further processors and restaurateurs. There is also a 4 member Executive Committee consisting of 1 producer from each region (central, western and Atlantic provinces) plus one producer to represent regional balance.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2023-12-31
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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$3,023,362.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
1610-50 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 6L2
Canada
Telephone number:
613-889-6938
Fax number:
613-241-5999
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Berivan Abuzeyit,
Public Affairs Officer |
Public offices held
- Erin Callary,
Strategic Programs and Partnerships Officer |
No public offices held
- Jessica Heyerhoff,
Communication & Policy Officer |
No public offices held
- John Hochrein,
Director of Brand Marketing |
No public offices held
- Lauren Kennedy,
Director of Public Affairs & Communications |
Public offices held
- Michael Laliberté,
Executive Director |
No public offices held
- Steve Leech,
Director of Food Safety & Animal Health |
Public offices held
- Yves Ruel,
Associate Executive Director |
Public offices held
- Jan Rus,
Director of Market Information & Systems |
No public offices held
- Brahim Zahri,
Trade and Policy Analyst |
Public offices held
