Lobbying registration dated 2026-01-12
Registrant: Adam Power
Client: TURKEY FARMERS OF CANADA
Targeted institutions:
Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Senate of Canada
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Health Canada (HC)
Acts: Health of Animals Act
Government funding received:
Institution: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Amount: 1740000.00
Lobbying activity details:
Canadian Food Inspection Agency – Health of Animals Act Poultry Inspection Programs, with respect to implications for turkey farmers shipping birds to federally registered processing establishments.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) - Food and Drug Regulations, On-Farm Medicated Feed Mixing program, Medicated Feed Mixing On-Farm, with regard to implementation on turkey farms.
Growing Forward business risk management and supply management, with respect to applicability of business risk management programs to turkey farmers.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Canada Poultry Import Regime; the administration and allocation of the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ).
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations, food products labeling of packaging.
CANADIAN INTEGRATED FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE, with respect to Turkey Farmers of Canada's (TFC) on-farm food safety systems development, in relationship to the entire food chain.
Health of Animals Act - Compensation for destroyed animals regulations, in respect of avian influenza surveillance or other foreign animal diseases.
The Growing Forward Multilateral Framework:  On-going discussions concerning the implementation of the program and applicability to and eligibility of turkey producers within supply management.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) related to turkey products and the turkey sector.
Canadian Food Safety Quality Program, in respect of development of on-farm food safety programs and on-farm implementation.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement as it is related to the negotiations on Agriculture subsidies.
Biosecurity:  Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) works closely with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to ensure that the industry operates under strict bio-security guidelines, to eradicate any diseases of significance if they emerge, and ensure adequate compensation is available for those producers that must have their flocks euthanized due to an ordered cull.
Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada Research and Development program for poultry research in Canada.
Contributions from Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) with respect to develop a research program for poultry in Canada.
Bi-lateral Trade Negotiations as it relates to the import regime and tariff rate quota for turkey and the WTO.
Development of the funding structure for implementation of food safety animal care programs.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) collection of feed pricing data and its accuracy, regarding feed input costs in the production of turkeys.
NOTICE TO IMPORTERS: Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) is a member of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s (DFAIT) Tariff Rate Quota Advisory Committee (TQAC), with respect to ensuring the tariff rate quotas are administered properly and in support of supply management.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Animal Disease programs/protocols related to the development and refinement of animal disease preparedness and response protocols.
Labelling, in respect of method of production claims and guideline review, to ensure appropriate and accurate consumer information is provided.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - POULTRY REJECTION PROJECT: Turkey Farmers of Canada closely monitors revision to poultry inspection practices which negatively impact producers or undermines the competitiveness of the processing sector due to cost recovery/downloading of inspection responsibilities.
Canadian Border Services - traceability regulations with respect to Poultry Product.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), funds for the development and implementation of food safety or animal care programs, with regard to ensuring on-farm programming is current.
Private Sector Risk Management Program of production insurance programs, in regard to applicability and development for turkey production.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency On-Farm Food Safety Recognition Program with respect to turkey.
The World Trade Organization agreement with regard to the Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Agreement (SPS) and further development of the SPS.
Custom Tariff - Specially defined mixture rule.