Organization
Canadian Produce Marketing Association
- Meetings this Parliament
- 119
- With MPs
- 58
- Since Nov 2021
- 448
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 22, 2026.
Lobbying by Canadian Produce Marketing Association: 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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Most recent reported meeting: Sep 22, 2026.
In-house (organization) In effect since Jun 9, 2026
Filed by Ron Lemaire, President
Formerly Director General, Engineering, Planning & Standards Branch, Industry Canada (2014–2016)
Formerly Executive Vice President, Communications Research Centre, Industry Canada (2012–2014)
Formerly Senior Director, Defence Industrial and Regional Benefits Policy Directorate, Industry Canada (2008–2012)
Formerly Director, Innovation Policy, Innovation Branch, Industry Canada (2008–2008)
Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, Office of MP Damien Kurek, House of Commons (2023–2024)
Formerly Issue Coordinator, NDP Research Office, House of Commons (2018–2019)
Formerly Legislative Assistant, Members' of Parliament, House of Commons (2011–2018)
Formerly Supervisor, Summer Employment Centre for Students, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (1989–1989)
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), 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), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Registration 797124-490-71. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Measures to facilitate internal trade in Canada, including through Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations - Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades. In respect of the maintenance and modification of Canadian grade standards.
Measures to facilitate internal trade in Canada, including through Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act.
Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations - In respect to supporting the development and implementation of a safe food supply chain while ensuring efficient and consistent licensing and inspection requirements and streamlined regulations for industry.
Safe Food for Canadians Act. In respect of managing risk to food safety and supporting a safe food system for Canada.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Safe Foods for Canadians Regulations - Labelling. In relation to addressing industry challenges in the application of labelling requirements.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Bankruptcy Insolvency Act - Trust Provisions - In respect of establishing a financial commercial business risk mitigation tool for the fresh fruit & vegetable industry via a fair and ethical marketplace environment.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Bill C-280, The Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act - in respect to establishing a deemed trust mechanism to provide financial protection to sellers of fresh produce in the case of buyer bankruptcy
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Bankruptcy Insolvency Act - Trust Provisions - In respect of establishing a financial commercial business risk mitigation tool for the fresh fruit & vegetable industry via a fair and ethical marketplace environment.
Bill C-280, The Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act - in respect to establishing a deemed trust mechanism to provide financial protection to sellers of fresh produce in the case of buyer bankruptcy
Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations - Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades. In respect of the maintenance and modification of Canadian grade standards.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
National Supply Chain Strategy - in respect of supporting the smooth movement of fresh fruit and vegetable products across the Canadian border and throughout the country.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
International trade, including opportunities for export and import market diversification in the fresh produce sector.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Canadian Environmental Protection Act - in relation to ban of certain plastic materials under Schedule I
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Measures to facilitate internal trade in Canada, including through Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Measures to facilitate internal trade in Canada, including through Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.
Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.
National Supply Chain Strategy - in respect of supporting the smooth movement of fresh fruit and vegetable products across the Canadian border and throughout the country.
Measures to facilitate internal trade in Canada, including through Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act.
Reported by Ron Lemaire · In-house (organization)
Health Canada Food & Nutrition - A cooperative approach between government and industry / NGOs to support increased health of Canadians via focus on childhood obesity, establishment of nutrient database, harmonization between Canada and US of health claims, health & nutrition labelling, and consumer food safety education.
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.