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Lobbying by Fruit & Vegetable Growers of Canada: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

Fruit & Vegetable Growers of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
112
With MPs
38
Since Nov 2021
391
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 19, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jun 9, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Erik Nielsen, Director of Government Relations

Lobbyists

  • Amy Hutchinson · Senior Director of Operations
  • Caleigh Hallink-Irwin · General Manager - Canadian Potato Council
  • Erik Nielsen · Director of Government Relations
  • Julie Paillat · National Coordinator, Greenhouse Vegetable Industry

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Farm Credit Canada (FCC), Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (17)
  • AAFC – Next Policy Framework -- ensuring that the federal government's next agriculture framework represents the needs and interests of edible horticultural growers
  • Canada's National Food Security Strategy -- ensuring that the strategy represents the interests of edible horticulture growers.
  • Competition in the grocery sector -- discussions related to improving the environment for increased competition in Canada's grocery sector
  • Engagement with the federal government on issues affecting the secure, stable and competitive supply of fertilizer critical to agricultural production.
  • Government of Canada – Red tape reduction / regulatory and administrative burden
  • EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Temporary Foreign Worker Program and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, in respect of ensuring reliable access to seasonal labour for horticulture.
  • GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA – CUSMA and trade disputes (including tariff and non-tariff barriers), in respect of maintaining predictable market access for Canadian fresh fruit and vegetables.
  • ECCC – carbon pricing and climate policy, in respect of competitiveness impacts on horticulture (including production, plastic, water).
  • CFIA – Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations (SFCR), in respect of fresh produce food safety and compliance requirements.
  • CBSA – border processes affecting fresh produce, facilitating efficient and fair import/export movement of perishable goods.
  • HEALTH CANADA / PMRA – Pest Control Products Act, including registrations, re-evaluations, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and international harmonization in respect of access to crop protection tools for horticulture.
  • AAFC / Heath Canada (PRD) – Minor Use / grower-requested access pathways (e.g., minor use and own-use import pathways), in respect of timely access to pest management solutions.
  • FINANCE CANADA – federal budget measures affecting horticulture competitiveness and program funding, in respect of adequate resourcing for sector priorities.
  • AAFC – Business Risk Management programs (AgriStability, AgriInvest, AgriRecovery, AgriRisk), in respect of responsiveness to horticulture production risk.
  • IRCC – Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and immigration policies related to temporary foreign agricultural workers, in respect of program integrity and workable pathways for employers and workers.
  • CFIA – Organic regime and U.S.–Canada Organic Equivalency Arrangement, in respect of facilitating compliant trade in organic produce.
  • CFIA – Plant Protection Act and plant health requirements, in respect of preventing introduction/spread of pests affecting horticulture.

Registration 942666-390-66. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Rebecca Lee (165), Massimo Bergamini (81), Amy Argentino (78), Erik Nielsen (67).

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Sashalie Quiros · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Ninu Forrest · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Philip Kuligowski Chan · Senior Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)

    AgricultureTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Salma Ataullahjan · Senator, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetClimateEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Carol Hughes · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEmployment and TrainingInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Marie-Claude Bibeau · Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Donald Boucher · Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Samuel Murray · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Jerome Cote · Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureBudgetClimate

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Shawn Hughes · Issue Manager, House of Commons

    AgricultureEmployment and TrainingEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Holly Duggan · Acting Manager of Stakeholder Relations, House of Commons
    • Andrew Swidzinski · Stakeholder Relations Advisor, House of Commons

    AgricultureEmployment and TrainingInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn McGuinty · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Sean Mitchell · Special Assistant, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    AgricultureEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Van Bynen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    AgricultureBudget

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetClimateEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Victor Oh · Senator, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Yves Perron · Member of Parliament
    • Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and TrainingTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Stephen Ellis · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    AgricultureBudgetEmployment and TrainingTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Abed Harb · Director of Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Rebecca Lee · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureInternational TradeTransportation

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.