Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-03
Registrant: Michael Graydon
Client: Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada
Targeted institutions:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Finance Canada (FIN)
House of Commons
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Canada School of Public Service (CSPS)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Legislative bills: C-252
C-224
S-211
Acts: Customs Tariff
Safe Food for Canadians Act
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act
Food and Drugs Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff with respect to reporting requirements and the international obligations implications thereof.
Providing input to government on emerging COVID-19 issues and its impact on industry, and helping shape the government’s response and recovery efforts.
Providing input to government on rules-based trade and e-commerce: working to ensure that international trade allows for the predictable flow of ingredients, products and people; addressing the rise of non-compliant and illicit products from entering the Canadian market; and advocating against protectionism (including new tariffs).
Biotechnology - ensure that Canada's regulatory guidelines on genetic modification and labelling of food are based on scientific principles.
Chemical Management Plan – priority substances batches with regard to chemicals present in food, food contact materials and consumer products; post-2020 or CMP phase IV.
Tax policy changes to eliminate the GST from consumer health products.
Food safety - working with government to ensure Canada's food supply remains reliable and safe, and that Safe Food for Canadians Act regulations continue to evolve as there are missing elements in the first release.
Bill C-252, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibition of food and beverage marketing directed at children) with respect to the broad nature of the Bill's scope.
Manufacturing Incentives – Working to shape policies and programs to support innovation, competitiveness and growth for manufacturers.
Providing input to government to restore balance and fair competition to grocery retail practices.
Canada's ongoing involvement in bilateral and multilateral free trade arrangements, with specific interest in measures affecting the protection of intellectual property.
Competitiveness – providing input to ensure that Canada's food, health and consumer manufacturing sector is competitive throughout the whole supply chain.
Modernization of food regulations and legislation - advocate to ensure modernization efforts are supportive of innovation for plant-based foods and include improvements to the transparency and timeliness of food approvals for novel foods, infant formula, food additives and health claims.
Ensuring that the Food and Drugs Act recognizes the need for relative risk based regulation.
User fees for services, use of facilities, regulatory processes and approvals, product rights and privileges that are related to drugs and medical devices regulated under the Food and Drugs Act.
Labour & Skills shortages – Working to shape policies and programs to address labour and skills shortages facing Canada’s manufacturing sector.
National Food Policy – Working in consultation with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as the National Food Policy, designed to address issues related to production, processing, distribution and consumption of food, is developed and implemented.
CEPA 1999 Review – ensure any changes to the regulation are science-based and enhance the safety of Canadians and the environment.
Cannabis edibles – Monitor the federal government progress on making the sale of edible and self-care cannabis products legal in Canada and understand any related policy or regulation proposals impacting our industry.
Ensuring that food and drugs regulation and policy reflect the need for a relative risk approach.
Regulations Amending the Food and Drugs Regulations - Nutritional Labelling, Other Labelling Provisions and Food Colours – continue to engage with government to ensure clarity on compliance and enforcement of regulations.
Communications with regards to modernizing the Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management.
Nutrition information with regard to how FCPC is committed to enabling consumers to make informed food choices based on Canada's Food Guide and the Nutrition Facts Table.
Pre-Market approvals for food additives, novel foods, infant formula, health claims and functional foods in regard to consulting with Health Canada on improving the process to deal with the backlog and new applications.
Healthy Eating Strategy – to ensure that policy and regulation proposals on front-of-package labelling, restriction of unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children, sodium reduction initiative and ongoing revision of Canada’s Food Guide are balanced, reasonable and science-based. Providing input into Health Canada's Healthy Eating Strategy consultations.
Communication on supporting small/medium size businesses in growth and imports/exports through government initiatives.
Providing input into Health Canada's Self-Care Products Framework with respect to over-the-counter drugs (OTC), natural health products (NHPs), and cosmetics. Advocating for a framework that is based on science-based claims and regulated according to risk.
Tax policy changes to allow certain therapeutic categories of consumer health products to be eligible under the Medical Expenses Tax Credit.
Economic Strategy Tables – Working closely with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on the implementation of the recommendations of the Economic Strategy Tables.
Ensuring consumer choice and access to non-prescription drugs (over the counter and natural health products) regulated under the Food and Drugs Act.
Working with the government to recognize the public health benefits of a National Self-Care Strategy and urging its timely implementation.
Food Allergen Precautionary Labelling – Working in consultation with Health Canada to provide input on how to manage precautionary labelling for allergens.
Seeking harmonization of regulatory regimes and administrative processes nationally and internationally.
Participation and input into Canada's sodium reduction strategy concerning targets for certain food categories/sectors and technical aspects of the target - as well as consumer awareness, education and acceptance issues.
Providing input to government on regulatory modernization initiatives, including encouraging the enforcement of an economic lens to the design and implementation of all regulations.
Bill C-224 - An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products): To keep NHPs under the purview of the Food and Drugs Act (i.e. Vanessa’s Law), which gives the minister the authority to use a ministerial order for a number of reasons (product recall, delay cost-recovery NHPs, delay labelling for NHPs to a later date).
Plastic Charter – to monitor the development of the federal government national strategy on plastic and potential impact our industry.
Food and Drug Regulations with regard to the Addition of Vitamins and Minerals to Food (Fortification) - Discretionary fortification will provide opportunities for product innovation in the food manufacturing industry.
Taxation – Refrain food or consumer product-specific taxation.