Canada’s competitiveness is at risk if federal agencies don’t streamline approval processes and take farmers’ costs into consideration.
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Input companies complain of regulation creep
Industry says regulatory process is slowing and worries about ‘nice to know versus need to know’ approach
Advance payment changes called for
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture policy summit examined several topics the industry is dealing with right now, including trade, and saw a major commodity group rejoin the organization
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture policy summit examined several topics the industry is dealing with right now, including trade, and saw a major commodity group rejoin the organization
Now is the time for Ottawa to modernize the Pest Management Regulatory Agency
An issue that has peeved farmers for years, which they say prevents productivity gains in the agriculture sector, is the time it takes the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to evaluate agricultural cropping products.
Regulatory renewal can help unlock ag’s future
Canada’s agriculture sector stands at the threshold of generational opportunity — and existential risk.
Infrastructure plan required post-election
Canada should take advantage of the current trade disruption to chart a diversified growth path
If he were prime minister for a day, Murad Al-Katib would immediately spend $100 billion on trade infrastructure.
Pest Management Regulatory Agency under fire for pesticide regulatory reform
The crop protection industry claims the federal government’s regulatory burden may ‘drive innovation out of Canada’
Canada ranks 32 out of 38 member countries for administrative and regulatory burden, says the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Loaded language in bill requires further attention
A private member’s bill working its way through Parliament doesn’t sound controversial at first blush. Most parliamentarians don’t seem to have thought so, either. Bill C-293, the Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Act, was approved by the House of Commons in June by a vote of 164-144, albeit with reservations from some MPs, and is now […] Read more
Regulatory status quo won’t work for gene editing: report
A new report urges the federal government to a take a different approach to regulating the next generation of pest control products. On Nov. 8, the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) published a report called Regulating Gene Edited Organisms for Pest Control. The CCA said these new technologies, broadly described as gene editing, may require […] Read more
