NFU Policy archive
The holding place for all policy entries in the NFU site – policy briefs and papers.
Comments on Producer Payment Protection Amendments to Canada Grain Act
0n November 1, 2013 the NFU has submitted comments on the proposed Amendments to the Canada Grain Regulations Canada which was posted for public comment in the Canada Gazette, Part Ⅰ Vol. 147, No. 40 — October 5, 2013.<strongOur submission states:</strongThe National Farmers Union (NFU) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposed regulations amending the Canada Grain Regulations with regard to adoption of an insurance-based producer payment protection model in the Canadian Grain Commission’s Licensing Program.
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Analysis of Seed Field Crop Inspection Privatization
Canada’s seed system has been built in the public interest over the past century. Seed laws and regulations have been put in place to protect farmers from unscrupulous seed sellers, and to protect the quality and abundance of crops that Canadians depend upon for their daily nourishment. As a result, Canada’s seed – and the crops grown from it – have an excellent international reputation.
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NFU submission re GM Low Lignin Alfalfa
July 17, 2013<em<strongRE: Notice of Submission for Approval of Novel Food and Livestock Feed Use and Unconfined Environmental Release in Canada of a Plant Genetically Modified for Reduced Lignin from Monsanto Canada Inc. and Forage Genetics International LLC</strong</em<em<strongPDF Version</strong</em
Read MoreAmendments to the Canada Grain Act
The NFU welcomes the opportunity to comment on the amendments to the Canada Grain Act flowing from the elimination of inward inspection by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), the end of mandatory weigh overs at primary and terminal elevators, and the end of Grain Appeals Tribunal as well as other changes.
Read MoreNFU Comments on Regulations Amending the Seeds Regulations
The National Farmers Union (NFU) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposal by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to amend the Seeds Regulations. Specifically, the CFIA seeks to allow variety registrants to cancel the registration of seed varieties on request, to move all forage crop kinds from Part I to Part III of Schedule III and to move soybeans from Part I to Part III of Schedule III.The NFU strongly opposes the proposal and urges the CFIA to retain the seed regulations that currently exist.
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Submission to ERCB on Fracking Regulation
The National Farmers Union has submitted feedback to the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) Consultation on its Proposed Regulatory Approach for Unconventional Oil and Gas Development.
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Growing Forward 2 – Accelerating Globalization, Stalling Food Sovereignty
<strongGrowing Forward 2 – Accelerating Globalization, Stalling Food Sovereignty: </strong<strongImplications of the GF2 Strategic Initiatives Suite</strongBrief by the National Farmers Union, February, 2013 Read full brief (PDF) <strongSummary of brief:</strongGrowing Forward 2 (GF2) is Canada’s five-year federal-provinci
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2012 Policy Brief Summaries
<strong<emCo-ops: An Exercise in Democracy</em</strong<strong—by Marion Studhalter (age 15), Blyth, Ontario</strongOur modern lifestyles demand more rights and freedom of speech. In Canada specifically, we repeatedly hear about our rights as citizens to have the freedom of speech and the right to make decisions. Democracy is built on the foundation that everybody has the right to represent their idea in government. We tend to call this one “practice of our democratic rights”. The logic that we have a say in how things are handled has been adopted to apply to the basic everyday needs and services of people. Cooperatives exercise democracy. They reflect our rights as individuals and operate similar to democracy found in government systems.
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NFU Ontario Submission on Provincial Policy Statement
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Read MoreBusiness Risk Management Programs under Growing Forward 2
This NFU Brief outlines our analysis of the suite of Business Risk Management programs, also known as agriculture safety net programs, being negotiated under the Growing Forward 2 federal-provincial policy framework, and makes recommendations to make these programs work better for family farmers.
Read MoreOntario NFU Submission to OMAFRA on Proposed Local Food Act
In solidarity with family farmers and peasants across the world, the NFU advocates for a food system built on the priniciples of food sovereignty. Food sovereignty recognizes the central place food has in our lives and the importance of people in their own communities having democratic control over decisions of where food comes from and how it is produced.
Read MoreFarmers, the Food Chain and Agriculture Policies in Canada in Relation to the Right to Food
<strongSubmission of the National Farmers Union of Canada to the Special Rapporteur On The Right To Food, Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Mission </strong<strongto Canada, May 2012*</strong* Note: to view report complete with graphs, please download the PDF version here.The National Farmers Union (NFU) is a voluntary direct-membership, non-partisan national farm organization. Founded in 1969, and with roots going back more than a century, the NFU represents thousands of farm families from coast to coast. The NFU works toward the development of economic and social policies that will maintain small and medium sized family farms as the primary food-producers in Canada.
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