Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-23
Registrant: Erik Nielsen
Client: Fruit & Vegetable Growers of Canada
Targeted institutions:
Service Canada (ServCan)
Farm Credit Canada (FCC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Finance Canada (FIN)
House of Commons
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
Health Canada (HC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Acts: Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
Safe Food for Canadians Act
Canada Water Act
Customs Act
Special Import Measures Act
Plant Protection Act
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Pest Control Products Act
Government funding received:
Institution: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Amount: 2565235.00
Lobbying activity details:
CBSA – Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), in respect of protecting Canadian growers from unfair foreign competition.
ECCC – carbon pricing and climate policy, in respect of competitiveness impacts on horticulture (including production and supply chain costs).
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA – Temporary Foreign Worker Program and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, in respect of ensuring reliable access to seasonal labour for horticulture.
FINANCE CANADA – federal budget measures affecting horticulture competitiveness and program funding, in respect of adequate resourcing for sector priorities.
CFIA – Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (food labelling claims), in respect of accurate and workable labelling requirements for fruit and vegetable products.
Government of Canada – Red tape reduction / regulatory and administrative burden, in respect of reducing cumulative and duplicative compliance requirements affecting fruit and vegetable growers (including repetitive reporting, overlapping inspection/audit documentation, and inconsistent data/format requirements across federal programs and regulations), and advancing streamlined, outcome-based approaches that maintain food safety and environmental protections while improving sector competitiveness.
AAFC – Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP) programming (e.g., AgriScience/AgriInnovation/AgriMarketing/AgriAssurance), in respect of research and competitiveness support for produce growers.
AAFC / PMRA – Minor Use / grower-requested access pathways (e.g., minor use and own-use import pathways), in respect of timely access to pest management solutions.
ECCC – Canada Water Act / water protection initiatives, in respect of reliable access to water and sustainable on-farm management.
GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA / CBSA – CUSMA and trade disputes (including tariff and non-tariff barriers), in respect of maintaining predictable market access for Canadian fresh fruit and vegetables.
ECCC – Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and related regulations affecting horticulture operations/inputs, in respect of practical compliance pathways.
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY – Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations (SFCR), in respect of fresh produce food safety and compliance requirements.
CFIA – Organic regime and U.S.–Canada Organic Equivalency Arrangement, in respect of facilitating compliant trade in organic produce.
IRCC – Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and immigration policies related to temporary foreign agricultural workers, in respect of program integrity and workable pathways for employers and workers.
Agri-food market conditions and business practices
PMRA – Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and international harmonization, in respect of maintaining access to tools and avoiding trade disruption for produce.
CFIA – Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Regulations / grade, labelling, licensing and arbitration requirements, in respect of efficient and consistent oversight for produce marketed in Canada.
CBSA – Customs Act / border processes affecting fresh produce, in respect of facilitating efficient import/export movement of perishable goods.
AAFC – Business Risk Management programs (AgriStability, AgriInvest, AgriRecovery, AgriRisk), in respect of responsiveness to horticulture production risk.
CFIA – Plant Protection Act and plant health requirements, in respect of preventing introduction/spread of pests affecting horticulture.
HEALTH CANADA / PMRA – Pest Control Products Act, including registrations and re-evaluations, in respect of access to crop protection tools for horticulture.
AAFC – Advance Payments Program (APP), in respect of timely access to cash advances for horticultural producers.