RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/CAN/12
21 July 1999
(99-3049)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSISIDES
Questions from the UNITED STATES
Regarding the New and Full Notification of CANADA1
The following communication, dated 19 July 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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Would Canada please explain why the following programmes were not included in its
notification?  In addition, should you determine that any of these programmes ought to have been
notified, please provide the full name of the subsidy, the enabling legislation, the reason for thesubsidy, to whom the subsidy is granted, the amount of the subsidy, and the trade effects of the
subsidy.
• Agricultural Products Board Programme
This programme provides price stabilization of named and designated agricultural
commodities, including cattle; hogs; lambs and wool; industrial milk and cream; corn and soybeans;
and spring wheat, winter wheat, oats and barley not produced in the designated area as defined by theCanadian Wheat Board.
• Alberta Crown Lands Basic Grazing Programme
This programme grants grazing rights on public land.
• Alberta Crow Benefit Offset Programme
This programme compensates producers and users of feed grain for market distortions in feed
grain prices.  It was created by the federal government’s policy on grain transportation.
• Alberta Feeder Association Guarantee Programme
This loan guarantee programme was established in 1938 to encourage banks to lend to cattle
producers.
                                                     
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• Manitoba Cattle Feeder Associations Loan Guarantee Programme
This programme was established in 1991 to assist in the diversification of Manitoba farm
operations.  The programme guarantees loans for the acquisition of livestock by feeder associations.
• Manitoba Crown Lands Programme
This programme grants cultivation and grazing leases.
• New Brunswick Livestock Incentives Programme
Under this programme, loan guarantees were provided to livestock producers for purchases of
breeding stock and for feeding and finishing livestock for slaughter.
• New Brunswick Swine Assistance Policy on Boars
Under this programme, grants are provided to producers for purchases of boars to encourage
production of breeding stock.
• New Brunswick Swine Industry Financial Restructuring and Agricultural Development
Act (Swine Assistance Programme)
This programme provides interest subsidies on medium-term loans to hog producers.
• Newfoundland Farm Products Corporation Hog Price Support Program/ Newfoundland
Hog Price Stabilization Programme
During fiscal year 1984, a price stabilization programme provided pork producers interest -
free loans from the provincial government equal to the difference between a stabilization price based
on the cost of production and the market price for hogs.  However, that programme was terminated
and in April 1985 the provincial government set up a new price support programme whereby hog
producers receive a certain amount per pound on all market hogs regardless of the prevailing market
price.
• Newfoundland Weanling Bonus Incentive Programme
Under this programme, a payment is provided for each weanling produced by farmers
engaged in swine production.
• Nova Scotia Improved Sire Programme
This programme provides grants to purebred and commercial swine producers for the
purchase of boars.
• Nova Scotia Swine Herd Health Policy
This programme reimburses veterinarians for house calls.G/SCM/Q2/CAN/12
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• Ontario Bear Damage to Livestock Programme
This programme provides compensation for the destruction of, or injury to, certain types of
livestock by bears.
• Ontario Feeder Cattle Loan Guarantee Programme
This programme, established in 1990 to assist cattle producers, provides start up grants to new
feeder associations.  It also provides guarantees on loans for the purchase and sale of cattle.
• Ontario (Northern) Heritage Fund Agriculture Assistance
This programme, established in 1988, funds infrastructure improvements and development
opportunities through forgivable performance loans,  incentive term loans, and loan guarantees to
promote and stimulate economic development in Northern Ontario.
• Ontario Livestock and Honeybee Compensation Programme
This programme compensates livestock producers whose animals are killed by wolves and
coyotes.
• Ontario Rabies Indemnification Programme
This programme compensates producers for rabies damage to livestock.
• Ontario Swine Sales Assistance Policy
This programme is designed to promote the distribution within Ontario of pure-bred animals
of superior quality by providing grants to assist in defraying the costs of conducting consignment
sales.
• Quebec - Article 7 Grants from the Quebec Industrial Development Corporation
This programme provides assistance in the form of loans, loan guarantees, grants, and
assumptions of costs associated with loans, and equity investment for projects capable of having a
major economic impact.
• Quebec Farm Income Stabilization Programme for Hogs (FISI)
This programme guarantees a positive net annual income to enrollees.
• Quebec Farm Income Stabilization Insurance Programme
Schemes under this programme guarantee a positive net annual income to participants when
their income falls below the stabilized net annual income.
• Saskatchewan Breeder Associations Loan Guarantee Programme
This programme, established in 1991 to facilitate the establishment of cattle breeder
associations, provides loan guarantees for the purchase of breeding cattle.G/SCM/Q2/CAN/12
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• Saskatchewan Feeder Associations Loan Guarantee Programme
This programme, established in 1984 to facilitate the establishment of feeder associations,
provides loan guarantees for the purchase of feeder heifers and steers.
• Saskatchewan Livestock and Horticulture Facilities Incentives Programme
This programme promotes diversification of the rural economy by encouraging investment in
livestock and horticultural facilities.  It provides rebates of education and health taxes paid on
building materials and stationery equipment used in livestock and horticultural operations.
• Saskatchewan Pasture Programme
This programme provides grazing rights and breeding and health services for fees based on
the recovery of costs.
• Technology Innovation Programme Under the Agri-Food Agreement
This programme provides grants to producers within a designated geographical region of
Canada for technology innovation.
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