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Lobbying by TURKEY FARMERS 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

TURKEY FARMERS OF CANADA

Meetings this Parliament
11
With MPs
7
Since Nov 2021
54
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jun 2, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 5, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Adam Power, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lobbyists

  • Adam Power · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • Adriana Goldman · SENIOR DIRECTOR - CORPORATE AFFAIRS
  • Caroline Gonano · MANAGER – TECHNICAL AFFAIRS
  • Erik Ben-Tchavtchavadze · DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
  • John Sheldon · MANAGER - MARKETS INFORMATION
  • Maegan Mackimmie · MANAGER - COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
  • Malenka Georgiou · MANAGER - ON-FARM PROGRAMS

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Standards Council of Canada (SCC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (28)
  • Emergency Drug Release for Parmomycin used to treat blackhead disease in turkeys.
  • Private Sector Risk Management Program of production insurance programs, in regard to applicability and development for turkey production. Review of Proposed Bills on Orders to improve access to veterinary medicine, including antimicrobials, for Canadian turkey farmers.
  • The World Trade Organization agreement with regard to the Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Agreement (SPS) and further development of the SPS.
  • The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement as it is related to the negotiations on Agriculture subsidies.
  • The Growing Forward Multilateral Framework: On-going discussions concerning the implementation of the program and applicability to and eligibility of turkey producers within supply management.
  • The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) - Food and Drug Regulations, On-Farm Medicated Feed Mixing program, Medicated Feed Mixing On-Farm, with regard to implementation on turkey farms.
  • NOTICE TO IMPORTERS: Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) is a member of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s (DFAIT) Tariff Rate Quota Advisory Committee (TQAC), with respect to ensuring the tariff rate quotas are administered properly and in support of supply management.
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) related to turkey products and the turkey sector.
  • Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada Research and Development program for poultry research in Canada.
  • Labelling, in respect of method of production claims and guideline review, to ensure appropriate and accurate consumer information is provided.
  • Health of Animals Act - Compensation for destroyed animals regulations, in respect of avian influenza surveillance or other foreign animal diseases.
  • Growing Forward business risk management and supply management, with respect to applicability of business risk management programs to turkey farmers.
  • Development of the funding structure for implementation of food safety animal care programs.
  • Custom Tariff - Specially defined mixture rule.
  • Contributions from Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) with respect to develop a research program for poultry in Canada.
  • CANADIAN INTEGRATED FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE, with respect to Turkey Farmers of Canada's (TFC) on-farm food safety systems development, in relationship to the entire food chain.
  • Canadian Food Safety Quality Program, in respect of development of on-farm food safety programs and on-farm implementation.
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Animal Disease programs/protocols related to the development and refinement of animal disease preparedness and response protocols.
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency - POULTRY REJECTION PROJECT: Turkey Farmers of Canada closely monitors revision to poultry inspection practices which negatively impact producers or undermines the competitiveness of the processing sector due to cost recovery/downloading of inspection responsibilities.
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency On-Farm Food Safety Recognition Program with respect to turkey.
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency – Health of Animals Act Poultry Inspection Programs, with respect to implications for turkey farmers shipping birds to federally registered processing establishments.
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations, food products labeling of packaging.
  • Canadian Border Services - traceability regulations with respect to Poultry Product.
  • Biosecurity: Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) works closely with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to ensure that the industry operates under strict bio-security guidelines, to eradicate any diseases of significance if they emerge, and ensure adequate compensation is available for those producers that must have their flocks euthanized due to an ordered cull.
  • Bi-lateral Trade Negotiations as it relates to the import regime and tariff rate quota for turkey and the WTO.
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Canada Poultry Import Regime; the administration and allocation of the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ).
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) collection of feed pricing data and its accuracy, regarding feed input costs in the production of turkeys.
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), funds for the development and implementation of food safety or animal care programs, with regard to ensuring on-farm programming is current.

Registration 962779-629-67. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Phil Boyd (46), Adam Power (8).

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Philip Lawrence · Member of Parliament
    • Brad Vis · Member of Parliament
    • Ruth Marrocco · Senior Administrative Assistant, House of Commons
    • Donald Neil Plett · Senator, Senate of Canada
    and 4 more
    • Jean-Martin Masse · Chief of Staff, Senate of Canada
    • Calvin Jia · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons
    • Bev Busson · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • June Jones · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureClimateInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Éric Forest · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Christiane Faucher · Staff, Senate of Canada
    • Dominic Labrie · Staff, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureInternal Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Amina Gerba · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Walter Vidaurre Calderon · Staff, Senate of Canada
    • Thibault Le Verre · Staff, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureInternal Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Nadia Theodore · Ambassador of Canada to the World Trade Organization, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • James Breithaupt · Agricultural Counselor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Nadia Theodore · Ambassador of Canada to the World Trade Organization, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • James Breithaupt · Agricultural Counselor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Mark Choi · Policy Advisor, House of Commons

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Smith · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Axel Ndayisaba · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Alessandro Longo · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Giselle Ananny · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    and 1 more
    • Kanwal Kochhar · Executive Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Kimberly Roper · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Senate of Canada

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    and 1 more
    • Allan Fabrykant · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Axel Ndayisaba · Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Mathilda Hall Cummings · Acting Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Giselle Ananny · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Joseph Sambol · Senior Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    and 1 more
    • Marie-Noëlle Desrochers · Acting Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Francis Drouin · Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary, House of Commons

    AgricultureClimateEnvironmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Marie-Noëlle Desrochers · Acting Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • May Chow · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Steve Verheul · Consultant, Finance Canada (FIN)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Deputy Director, Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Deputy Director, Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Deputy Director, Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Jérémy Gauthier · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Emerson Vandenberg · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Jean-Guy Forgeron · Executive Vice-President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Siddika Mithani · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Philippe Morel · Vice-President of Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • David Nanang · Associate Vice-President of Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureInternal Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Jean Guy Forgeron · Executive Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Siddika Mithani · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Phillippe Morel · Vice President of Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • David Nanang · Associate Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureInternal Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Aaron Fowler · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Axel Ndayisaba · Acting Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Giselle Ananny · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Joseph Sambol · Senior Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    and 1 more
    • Mathilda Hall-Cumming · Acting Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Mary Ng · Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Laurence Harvey · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Aaron Fowler · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • May Chow · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Christine Harvey · Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Aaron Fowler · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • May Chow · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Marie-Noëlle Desrochers · Executive Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Brian Douglas · Chair, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Phil Boyd · In-house (organization)

    • Aaron Fowler · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Giselle Ananny · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Axel Ndayisaba · Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    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.