Transportation - Railway Act - to ensure that railways continue to be responsible for costs associated with maintenance, upgrading and drainage related issues where rail lines cross private farm properties. Health Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency - to ensure that farmers have access to critical crop protection tools to ensure safe, efficient production of food with limited cost. To advocate for access to crop protection tools that are available in similar jurisdictions. Foreign Worker Programs - ensuring the continued access for farms, and food processors to migrant labour to support the farm and food sector. To ensure that policies, regulation, legislation recognizes the special needs of the agriculture and food sector to seasonal labour in particular. Fisheries and Ocean Consultations - ensuring that agricultural production in Ontario is not duly limited by legislation, regulation or policy to protect fisheries and oceans. Emergency Management Framework for Agriculture in Canada - ensuring that any emergency management framework developed for Canada takes into consideration the practical implications of food production and food security for Canada. Ensuring that food production is not encumbered by emergency management frameworks and that cost and documentation burden is not too great. Climate Change Programs & Environmental Protections - ensuring that climate change programs and environmental protection program dollars delivered by government are made available to the agriculture sector, and are easy to access, and are targetted to agricultural priorities. Carbon Tax/Bill C234 - ensuring the passage of the carbon tax Bill C234 as presented, without amendment. Canadian Environmental Protection Act - ensuring the modernization of the CEPA takes into consideration the practical implications it may have on Ontario farmers and the agriculture sector.