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Government Engagement and Outreach:

Federal and Provincial

Dave Carey Manager, Policy Initiatives

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Federal Engagement and Outreach

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Federal Engagement and Outreach

• Liberal Party of Canada:
• Won 184 of 338 seats in the House
• Have 29 of 105 seats in the Senate
• New Cabinet with fewer Ministers and public

Mandate letters

• New Prime Minister with different priorities

and goals

• House will return on December 3rd for the

Speech from the Throne

Overview of the Federal Legislative Process

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• 3. Royal Assent by the Governor General makes the bill law
• 1. Passage through the first House

Sometimes the Senate, usually the House of Commons

1st reading. The bill proposing a

law is introduced, printed and circulate.

2nd reading. The principle of

the bill is debated: “Is the bill good policy?”

Committee stage. Report Stage. In the House of

Commons motions to amend specific clauses of the bill are considered by the whole house, while in in the Senate it is the committee report which is considered and amendments can be proposed.

3rd reading Final approval of the

bill; in the Senate, further amendments can be considered at this stage.

An Act can pass by vote Unanimous consent On division - no vote consensus to

pass but some minor dissenting opinion

• 2. Passage through the second House
• i. Ministers, department officials, experts and

members of the public appear as witnesses before a committee

• ii. Committee members study the bill, clause by

clause

• iii. The committee adopts a report on the bill,

recommending that it is accepted as is, or with amendments or that it not proceed further.

Federal Engagement and Outreach

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Federal Engagement and Outreach Key Players for the Seed Industry:

• Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food,

Lawrence MacAulay

• Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Philpott
• Minister of Environment and Climate Change,

Catherine McKenna

• Minister of Science, Kirsty Duncan
• Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic

Development, Navdeep Baines

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Federal Engagement and Outreach Strategy:

• Letters of Congratulations to the key Ministers,

Parliamentary Secretaries and Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs

• Introductory letters to the Official Opposition

and Opposition Critics

• Trade Winds National
• Focused Messaging
• Board of Directors Lobby Day

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Federal Engagement and Outreach Strategy:

• Monitor House and Senate Committees
• New Aggie GR Group
• Meet once a month
• Government Relations and Policy ‘think-tank’
• Chatham House Rules
• Continue to be a trusted and credible source of

information

• Build relations with new policy makers and their

staff

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Provincial Engagement and Outreach

• Concerted new effort to proactively engage with

the Provinces

• Letters sent to each Provincial Minister of

Agriculture with a copy to the Minister of Environment

• Meetings have been requested
• Relationship Building
• Staying ahead of the curve

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Provincial Engagement and Outreach Provincial Meetings

• Manitoba Minister of Agriculture, Food and

Rural Development, Ron Kostyshyn

• October 15h meeting
• Very positive
• Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural

Affairs, Jeff Leal

• Met with Senior Policy Advisor on November 12th
• Meetings to be scheduled with Alberta,

Saskatchewan and Quebec Ministers soon

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Provincial Engagement and Outreach

• Goal is to meet with all provinces but we had to

prioritize

• Positive feedback to our letter and offer to work

with the provinces:

• BC, Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, Nova Scotia
• Strategy for engagement will differ but our

priorities are the same:

• Science-risk-based decision making, flexible, modern and

predictable regulatory systems, free trade, support for innovation, strong federal leadership and the need for provincial harmonization

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Federal and Provincial Engagement and Outreach

• Bureaucrats! 
• Often overlooked in GR strategies
• First point of contact of issues, concerns,

information

• Fostering a good working relationship is key:
• CFIA
• AAFC
• PMRA
• DFATD
• Work is being done at the provincial levels