Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-17
Registrant: Olivier Lavigne-Lacroix
Client: Canadian National Millers Association (CNMA)
Targeted institutions:
Transport Canada (TC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
House of Commons
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Acts: Food and Drugs Act
Canada Transportation Act
Safe Food for Canadians Act
Pest Control Products Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Health Canada's proposed prohibitions on advertising of foods - advertising directed at children.
Allocation of additional human and financial resources to new and ongoing mycotoxin research in AAFC Research Branch and the Canadian Grain Commission Grain Research Laboratory.
Review of product registrations of stored product pest control products pursuant to the Pest Control Products Act and Regulations.
Proposed amendments to the Feeds Regulations.
Proposed amendment of the Pest Control Products Act to permit incorporation by reference of maximum residue limits for pest control products..
Proposed Amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations -- compositional standards/standards of identity, food additive uses and allergen labelling requirements as they pertain to products of grain milling.
Proposed amendment of the Food and Drug Regulations to remove regulations pertaining to foods while creating new, modernized Food Regulations pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act.
Amendment of the Canada Transportation Act to restore access for shippers to extended interswitching among carriers for rail freight transportation.
Government of Canada regulatory response to implementation of the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act, areas of Canada/US food regulatory cooperation under the Canada/US Regulatory Cooperation Council initiative.
Amendment of and additions to the Maximum Residue Limit Database of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
Establishment of maximum limits for contaminants in foods pursuant to the Food and Drug Regulations.
Modernization and proposed amendments to Section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act and consequential amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations.
To educate government on how labour disruption issues affect grain supply chain.
Adoption of maximum limits for mycotoxins in cereal grains and processed grain-based foods in either the Food and Drug Regulations and/or the Canada Grain Regulations and related guidelines.
Proposed amendment of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Act to clarify responsibility for manufactured foods.
Proposed implementation of Front of Pack (FOP) symbols on food packages for foods with qualifying selected nutrient densities and related food claims.
Implementation, interpretation (guidance documents),compliance monitoring and enforcement of the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations in alignment with the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations sections and provisions as they apply to food.