Agriculture

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

On-going meetings with Minister and senior Execuive re agricultural programing - three main areas - 1. providing input and working with senior BCMAL staff and Minister to revise the suite of agricultural business risk management programs; 2. working with senior executive to initiate phase II of the Climate Action Initiative; 3. panagricultural issues as they arise (for example, BCAC will cc BCMAL into any submissions provided to other ministries) The other target interactions are not of a lobbying nature; in most cases BCAC was contacted by the Minister or senior executive and asked to provide agriculture's input. Pat Bell - on the zero net deforestation act; Ian Black - for a agricultural represenative on the Small Business Round Table; Ida Chong - we work on the Patners in Healthy Eating/Act Now programs; Murray Coell - BCAC provides updates and feedback on the Employment Standards Act; Colin Hansen - agricultural input into into upcoming budgets or tax policy; Terry Lake - BCAC was part of the Ranching Task Force; Berry Penner - BCAC is providing agricutlural input to the revisions of the Environmental Management Act and the Water Act modernization; John Slater - BCAC provided agricultural input on the drought stategy

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