It is intended that the  GCAO will be a membership-based organization incorporated under Canada’s not for profit Corporations Act. The membership in the GCAO will be voluntary. It is intended that the GCAO’s primary  and ongoing source of funding will be annual membership dues collected from members. Oversight of the GCAO will be provided by an elected Board of Directors that will represent all stakeholders in the grocery supply chain.  In addition to the elected Board, it is anticipated that a non-voting representative of the Federal / Provincial / Territorial Ministers will sit on the Board as an observer for at least the first 2 years after implementation of the Code. This will ensure that the Code is doing what it is intended to do and that as the industry evolves, the Code will reflect those changes when deemed appropriate.