Agri-Food Risk Report Phase 1
Recommendations
Add value to the industry by enabling investment and innovation
- Catalyze private investment in Canada – encourage and incentivize investments and change domestic biofuel policies
- Make it easier to do business in Canada – modernize regulations, remove barriers and enable interprovincial trade
- Increase trade and market access through relationship building
- Revitalize agri-food innovation by adopting innovation and ensuring long-term funding for research and extension
- Modernize FPT Agreements
Mitigate risk for the sector while also improving resiliency
- Designate water and farmland as strategic resources in Canada and develop strategic, national plans to treat them as such
- Modernize and streamline risk management programming for Canadian farmers
- Invest in trade infrastructure and supply chains
- Ensure the sector has access to a strong, educated and ready workforce
Spend less on government operations
- Undergo major reforms at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Canadian Grain Commission to maximize efficiency and value, eliminate duplications and protect services while modernizing approaches