PolitiKit

Communicating with public office holders in the areas of research funding priorities, funding cycles, processes and results; and skills and HQP (highly qualified personnel) needs for governments, industry and academia.

Identification of critical infrastructure for food safety, security, sustainability and sovereignty, and public health related to nutrition, disease surveillance and prevention.

ANAC is participating in consultations and dialogue with Health Canada looking at Veterinary Drugs Regulations and Policy changes as it relates to animal nutrition and feed production.

Communicating to Members of Parliament and Senate, federal departments and agencies a long term and comprehensive view of the role of research and post-secondary education as it relates to agriculture, food and nutrition, animals and health, in the growth of economic and societal wealth of Canada.

Communicating with public office holders in the areas of research funding priorities, funding cycles, processes and results; and skills and HQP (highly qualified personnel) needs for governments, industry and academia.

Identification of critical infrastructure for food safety, security, sustainability and sovereignty, and public health related to nutrition, disease surveillance and prevention.

Properly fund public health care in order to meet the Canada Health Act.

Federal pension law reform including rules and regulations with respect to solvency requirements, and protection against the conversion of defined benefit plans to target benefit plans.?

Lobbying to amend the Copyright Modernization Act. Amend the section (old section 21) to limit fair dealing exemption for education.

Operating grant, contributions to projects in technology development, research, marketing, professional development

Softwood Lumber Agreement with the United States with regard to Maritime exemption for duties.

Addressing the high cost of living and investing in affordable housing

Investing in Employment Insurance, care workers, unionized jobs and strong workplace standards

ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA, with respect to data-driven sustainability initiatives, to ensure the long-term competitiveness of Canada’s horticulture industry.

Employment and social development Canada (ESDC) - Temporary Foreign Worker Program, to ensure adequate work force for horticulture in Canada.

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

Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.

Sustainable Agriculture Strategy - Policies to support the adoption of more environmentally sustainable practices across the fresh produce supply chain.

Canada-EU Trade Agreement, CUSMA, CPTTP and Canada-UK. The components within these agreements that we are interested in are agriculture and protection/exemption of supply management.

Regional and Bilateral Trade Negotiations with regard to possible impact on the Canadian chicken sector.

Animal Health Products (antimicrobials, vaccines, feed/water additives) availability in Canada.

International Barriers to Trade: The Canadian Meat Council seeks to eliminate or prevent out-dated, overly burdensome, discriminatory or otherwise inappropriate technical requirements in other countries that can create unnecessary obstacles to trade, reduce competition and prevent Canadian exporters from participating in global supply under the WTO SPS and TBT Agreements. The Canadian Meat Council is advocating for strengthened regulatory cooperation initiatives in regional, plurilateral and multilateral trade agreements to further facilitate trade.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), funds for the development and implementation of swine health initiatives

Temporary Foreign Workers Program with regard to improving terms to address acute labour shortage for livestock industry