Conservation Authorities Act
Ontario’s pork industry is proactive in the use of environmentally friendly farming practices, as proud stewards of the land on which they farm. This is extremely important to the communities in which they live and work, and to the business of farming. The protection of Ontario’s prime agricultural areas for their long-term agricultural use is […]
Simulated Meat and Simulated Poultry Products
Ontario Pork encourages consumer choice and welcomes competitive markets as well as consumers being free to make their own food choices. However, we also firmly believe that accurate and truthful labelling and marketing of alternative protein products must occur, so that clear choices can be made. The labelling and marketing of alternative protein products should […]
Environmental Protection Act (EPA) and the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA)
Ontario Pork supports amendments to help reduce regulatory burdens and enable more timely adoption of energy efficient combined heat and power (CHP) technologies ensuring that systems that are fueled by natural gas or wood biomass, and have similar environmental and human health impacts, are subject to similar or the same regulatory requirements. As well, because […]
Clean Water Act
Ontario Pork drew attention to concerns and recommendations the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Park’s proposed changes to the Technical Rules under the Clean Water Act. For Section 15.1(4) which gives the Source Protection Committee (SPC) the authority to use an alternate method or approach from that which is already prescribed, as well as for […]
Animal Health
November 2, 2020 Ontario Pork response to Code Technical Panel’s (CTP) proposed amendments to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs Ontario Pork provided its full support on the Code Technical Panel’s (CTP) proposed amendments to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs. The health of animals […]
Ontario Government’s Fall Budget Consultation (2020)
Ontario Pork thanks the provincial government for its commitment to keeping Ontarians safe and assisting sectors in need of financial support during these difficult COVID-19 circumstances. COVID-19 has created significant challenges for pork producers, pushing prices generally lower as restaurant demand disappeared, and packing production backlogs strained processing capacity. The impact of COVID-19 continues to […]
Ontario Immigrant Nomination Program (OINP)
Ontario Pork, in collaboration with Meat & Poultry Ontario, Beef Farmers of Ontario, Canadian Meat Council, Food and Beverage Ontario, Ontario Sheep Farmers, Ontario Turkey, Veal Farmers of Ontario and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, submitted a letter to the Hon. Ernie Hardeman, Minister, OMAFRA, to address the needs and opportunities of our livestock, poultry […]
Environmental Stewardship
The pork industry is proactive in the use of environmentally-friendly farming practices – with Nutrient Management Plan uptake outperforming that of many other commodity groups. Ontario Pork partners with other agri-food groups to provide leadership on policy development, peer-to-peer mentoring and real action on the issues of climate change and Great Lakes phosphorus reduction. Ontario […]
Land access for electricity transmission projects
Proposed changes to give the Ontario Energy Board the authority to grant, under specific circumstances, earlier access to land to electricity transmission project proponents for the purpose of conducting preliminary environmental studies prior to applying for Leave to Construct could result in better quality, site-focused environmental data. Ontario Pork does not support any proposed changes […]
Pesticide Act and Regulations
The Ontario government, further to its consultation on changes to the Pesticide Act and Regulations, announced regulatory changes that will occur in a phased approach. Restrictions related to the use and sale of NNI-treated seeds will come into effect immediately. Amendments related to Ontario’s classification process, exterminator licensing, permitting, and the cosmetic pesticides ban, will […]