Tariff Rate Quotas under the Comprehensive Review of Allocation and Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas for Dairy, Poultry, and Egg products. Negotiation on Agriculture as it relates to supply management, and resources for border enforcement of dairy regulations. Mitigation measure for Trade Agreements. Input to front of pack labelling considerations; and educate on DFC's nutrition and educational efforts. Impact of trade agreements on the supply managed sector. Food and Drug Act and its accompanying regulations as they apply to all dairy product compositional standards, in particular those on cheese and yogurt. Food and Drug Act and its accompanying regulations as it applies to the labelling and advertising of dairy products. Federal framework and action plan on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance. Explicit and implied Health claims related to dairy and non-dairy products. Climate change and nature-based climate solutions for agriculture.
Advocating for the publication of educational materials for farmers in relation to the requirements of the Feed Regulations. Advocating to improve the regulatory burden of the feed regulations on farmers. Advocating for a new Canadian Community Health Survey - Nutrition. Advocating that government mandate the application of a rural-agricultural and economic lens to the policy development process for any policy with implications for farmers and rural Canada. Discussing Health Canada's next steps around the regulation of foods derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer clones and their offspring, and any implications for dairy farmers. Advocating for a health claim for yogurt and type II diabetes. Advocating for the adoption of the Digestible Indispensible Amino Acid Score (DIAAS) as Canada's official protein quality assessment methodology. Advocating for the protection of dairy standards of identity and compositional standards, and against the misuse of standardized dairy terms by non-dairy or lab-made products. Advocating for improved Canadian access to a wide range of critically needed veterinary healthcare tools to help improve animal welfare and reduce antimicrobial resistance. Advocating for increased federal livestock traceability requirements. Discussing dairy farmers' role in supporting the federal framework and action plan on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance. Advocating for support to help farmers adjust to recent updates to the farm building code and freedom of movement requirements under the revised Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle. Collaborating with officials on the prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery relating to animal health emergencies, such as disease events or natural disasters. Advocating that the government maintain funding for programs under the next Agricultural Policy Framework (e.g. programs that support on-farm sustainability and best management practices, research, disaster relief, outbreak mitigation, business risk management, etc). Advocating for exemptions from duplicative farm-level reporting requirements under Phase II of the Federal Plastics Registry. Advocating that the federal government maintain funding where possible and ensure continuity of dairy research and that no negative impacts occur to dairy research as a result of recent funding cuts. Advocating on the importance of maintaining programs and funding that support on-farm best management practices as we work towards our mutual sustainability goals. Advocating that the government take care to ensure no direct/indirect impacts to supply management or the functioning of the system occur as a result of any changes to facilitate interprovincial trade. Advocating that the government ensure the appropriate allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas under the Comprehensive Review of the Allocation and Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas for Dairy, Poultry and Egg Products. Advocating that no concessions impacting dairy or supply management be granted in the context of any negotiations with ASEAN. Advocating that no concessions impacting dairy or supply management be granted in the context of any negotiations with the United Kingdom. Advocating that no concessions impacting dairy or supply management be granted in the context of any negotiations with Mercosur. Advocating that no concessions impacting dairy or supply management be granted in the context of any negotiations with the U.S. Advocating that no concessions impacting dairy or supply management be granted in the context of any negotiations at the WTO. Advocating for increased resources for CBSA and CFIA border enforcement of dairy regulations. This includes ensuring rigorous trade compliance of dairy imports to prevent circumvention of tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and upholding domestic standards for all imported dairy products.
Agriculture - to defend and promote the supply management system in Canada. Agriculture and International Trade - Promote and defend Canada's supply management system as it relates to the World Trade Organization and Canada-European Trade Agreement negotiations, as well as other bilateral and multilateral negotiations.
Canada's trade policy regarding dairy product imports and exports and international trade rules for market access and government support governing trade in dairy products between Canada and its major trading partners.
In the context of agriculture, the availability of fresh water and the side effects of irrigation. Supply management and the effects of international trade on the industry. More specifically the fact that Canada must make no further dairy concessions in the context of the CUSMA review or other trade negotiations. Maintain existing funding under the next agricultural policy framework (APF).
Santé animale - Travailler de concert avec Santé Canada et Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada pour le développement de Santé Animale Canada. Représentations sur les allégations de santé explicites et implicites liées aux produits laitiers et non laitiers; Représentations pour la mise en place d'un code de conduite pour l'industrie de l'épicerie. Représentations pour l'attribution de ressources pour l'application aux postes frontaliers de la réglementation relative aux produits laitiers. Représentations dans le cadre du Plan d'action fédéral sur la résistance et le recours aux antimicrobiens au Canada. Représentations dans le cadre de la stratégie sur la santé des végétaux et des animaux pour le Canada. Règlement sur les aliments et drogues - Représentations pour le maintien des normes de composition des produits laitiers. Réglementation sur lenrichissement des aliments au Canada - Représentation dans le cadre de la consultation sur l'enrichissement en vitamine D. Politique laitière nationale - représentations afin de mettre en place le cadre législatif et réglementaire requis pour assurer une application uniforme de la politique. Mise en uvre de nouveaux contingents tarifaires pour les isolats de protéines de lait conformément à l'article XXVIII du GATT, modification du tarif douanier (ligne tarifaire 3504). Travailler avec Finances Canada, AAC et le MAECI sur la mise en uvre et l'attribution dudit CT. Accord de commerces internationaux - représentations aux fins d'obtenir des mesures d'atténuation pour les producteurs laitiers.