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Agriculture and Agri-Food

 

Department
Canadian Dairy Commission
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian Grain Commission

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Ministry Summary

Vote	(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008	2006-2007	Difference
		Main Estimates	Main Estimates
	Agriculture and Agri-Food
	Department
1	Agriculture and Agri-Food - Operating expenditures	605,886	583,866	22,020
5	Agriculture and Agri-Food - Capital expenditures	28,631	28,631	. . . . .
10	Agriculture and Agri-Food - Grants and contributions	595,783	448,930	146,853
15	Pursuant to section 29 of the Financial Administration
	Act , to authorize the Minister of Agriculture and
	Agri-Food, on behalf of Her Majesty in right of
	Canada, in accordance with terms and conditions
	approved by the Minister of Finance, to guarantee
	payments of an amount not exceeding, at any one
	time, in aggregate, the sum of $1,500,000,000
	payable in respect of cash advances provided by
	producer organizations, the Canadian Wheat Board
	and other lenders under the Spring Credit Advance
	Program and $1,500,000,000 payable in respect of
	cash advances provided by producer organizations,
	the Canadian Wheat Board and other lenders under
	the Enhanced Spring Credit Advance Program.	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
20	Pursuant to section 29 of the Financial Administration
	Act , to authorize the Minister of Agriculture and
	Agri-Food, on behalf of Her Majesty in right of
	Canada, in accordance with terms and conditions
	approved by the Minister of Finance, to guarantee
	payments of amounts not exceeding, at any time, in
	aggregate, the sum of $140,000,000 payable in
	respect of Line of Credit Agreements to be entered
	into by the Farm Credit Corporation for the purpose
	of the renewed (2003) National Biomass Ethanol
	Program	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
(S)	Grants to agencies established under the Farm Products
	Agencies Act	200	200	. . . . .
(S)	Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy Fund	5,000	5,000	. . . . .
(S)	Contributions in support of Business Risk Management
	Programs under the Agricultural Policy Framework
	- Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization
	Program	570,520	570,020	500
(S)	Contributions in support of Business Risk Management
	Programs under the Agricultural Policy Framework
	- Production Insurance	406,970	406,970	. . . . .
(S)	Payments in connection with the Agricultural
	Marketing Programs Act	138,732	65,500	73,232
(S)	Loan guarantees under the Farm Improvement and
	Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act	4,000	4,000	. . . . .
(S)	Contributions in support of Business Risk Management
	Programs under the Agricultural Policy Framework
	- Agriculture Policy Initiatives	4,180	4,180	. . . . .
(S)	Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food - Salary and
	motor car allowance	75	73	2
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	74,344	74,308	36
(S)	Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Total Department	2,434,321	2,191,678	242,643
	Canadian Dairy Commission
25	Program expenditures	3,595	3,513	82
	Total Agency	3,595	3,513	82
	Canadian Food Inspection Agency
30	Operating expenditures and contributions	494,987	482,401	12,586
35	Capital expenditures	19,735	14,724	5,011
(S)	Compensation payments in accordance with
	requirements established by Regulations under the
	Health of Animals Act and the Plant Protection Act ,
	and authorized pursuant to the Canadian Food
	Inspection Agency Act	1,500	1,500	. . . . .
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	71,129	72,904	(1,775)
	Total Agency	587,351	571,529	15,822
	Canadian Grain Commission
40	Program expenditures	30,940	24,666	6,274
(S)	Canadian Grain Commission Revolving Fund	(127)	(127)	. . . . .
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	3,919	10,683	(6,764)
	Total Agency	34,732	35,222	(490)

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Department

Strategic Outcome

Health of the Environment: An agriculture and agri-food sector that uses environmental resources in a manner that ensures their sustainability for present and future generations.

Program Activity Descriptions

Environment
Achieving environmental sustainability of the sector and progress in the areas of soil, water, air and biodiversity.

Strategic Outcome

Security of the Food System: A secure and sustainable agriculture and agri-food system that provides safe and reliable food

to meet the needs and preferences of consumers.

Program Activity Descriptions

Food Safety and Food Quality
Minimizing the risk and impact of food-borne hazards on human health, increasing consumer confidence and improving the sector's ability to meet or exceed market requirements for food products.

Business Risk Management
Enhancing the producers' capacity to manage risk, and increasing the sector's viability and profitability.

National Farm Products Council (NFPC)
To advise the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food on all matters relating to the agencies established under the Farm
Products Agencies Act , with a view to maintaining and promoting an efficient and competitive agriculture industry:

• to review the operations of the marketing agencies to ensure they meet their objectives as set out in legislation
• to work with the agencies in promoting more effective marketing of farm products in inter-provincial and export trade
• to work with promotion research agencies in connection with primary production research and promotion activities relating to farm products.

Markets and International
Expanding international opportunities for the Canadian agri-food sector.

Strategic Outcome

Innovation for Growth: An innovative agriculture and agri-food sector that develops food and other agriculture-related products and services in order to capture opportunities in diversified domestic and global markets.

Program Activity Descriptions

Innovation and Renewal
Equipping the sector with new business and management skills, bioproducts, knowledge-based production systems and strategies to capture opportunities and manage change.

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency
To regulate and supervise pari-mutuel betting for the protection of the betting public on a full cost recovery basis, in the most effective and efficient manner possible.

Rural and Co-operatives
Leads an integrated, government-wide approach, called the Canadian Rural Partnership, through which the government aims to co-ordinate its economic, social, environmental and cultural policies towards the goal of economic and social renewal of rural Canada.

Facilitating relations between co-operatives and federal departments and agencies with legislation or policies affecting co-operatives. As well, the Secretariat provides advice across government on policies affecting co-operatives, coordinates the implementation of such policies, and acts as a centre of expertise on co-operatives within the federal government.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)			2007-2008 Main Estimates				2006-2007
			Budgetary			Total	Main
	Operating	Capital	Grants	Contributions	Less:		Estimates
				and other	Revenues
				transfer	credited
				payments	to the vote
Environment	210,757	9,933	. . . . .	110,995	23,500	308,185	328,420
Food Safety and Food Quality	47,357	2,168	. . . . .	71,384	1,540	119,369	121,451
Business Risk Management	98,994	4,065	5,000	1,164,432	5,500	1,266,991	1,270,438
National Farm Products Council (NFPC)	3,641	. . . . .	200	. . . . .	. . . . .	3,841	2,657
Markets and International	83,845	3,523	. . . . .	24,681	. . . . .	112,049	113,928
Innovation and Renewal	262,029	8,942	193,499	147,385	14,960	596,895	331,968
Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency	14,984	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	14,984	. . . . .	. . . . .
Rural and Co-operatives	19,182	. . . . .	. . . . .	7,809	. . . . .	26,991	22,816
	740,789	28,631	198,699	1,526,686	60,484	2,434,321	2,191,678

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2007-2008	2006-2007
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Grants
Business Risk Management
(S) Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy Fund	5,000,000	5,000,000
National Farm Products Council (NFPC)
(S) Grants to agencies established under the Farm Products Agencies
Act	200,000	200,000
Innovation and Renewal
Agricultural research in universities and other scientific organizations in
Canada	999,000	999,000
Grants to organizations to facilitate adaptation and rural development
within the Agriculture and Agri-food Sector	35,000,000	30,300,000
Grant Payments for the Canadian Farm Families Options Program	157,500,000	. . . . .
Total grants	198,699,000	36,499,000
Contributions
Environment
Contributions for Agriculture and Agri-food Sector Assistance -
Environment	110,995,000	126,063,000
Food Safety and Food Quality
Contributions for Agriculture and Agri-food Sector Assistance - Food
Safety and Food Quality	71,384,000	72,961,000
Business Risk Management
Contributions in support of the Canadian Beef and Cattle Industry	12,430,000	26,020,000
(S) Contributions in support of Business Risk Management Programs
under the Agricultural Policy Framework - Canadian Agricultural
Income Stabilization Program	570,520,000	570,020,000
(S) Contributions in support of Business Risk Management Programs
under the Agricultural Policy Framework - Production Insurance	406,970,000	406,970,000
(S) Payments in connection with the Agricultural Marketing Programs
Act	138,732,000	65,500,000
(S) Loan guarantees under the Farm Improvement and Marketing
Cooperatives Loans Act	4,000,000	4,000,000
(S) Contributions in support of Business Risk Management Programs
under the Agricultural Policy Framework - Agriculture Policy
Initiatives	4,180,000	4,180,000
Contributions in support of Business Risk Management Programs under
the Agricultural Policy Framework - Private Sector Risk
Management Partnership	1,500,000	2,550,000
Contributions for agricultural risk management - Enhanced Spring
Credit Advance Program Business Risk Management	26,100,000	. . . . .
Markets and International
Contributions for Agriculture and Agri-food Sector Assistance -
International	24,681,000	25,619,000
Innovation and Renewal
Contribution Payments for the Canadian Farm Families Options
Program	86,000,000	. . . . .
Contributions to facilitate adaptation and rural development within the
Agriculture and Agri-food Sector	3,061,000	3,061,000
Contributions for Agriculture and Agri-food Sector Assistance -
Science and Innovation	48,769,000	51,596,000
Plum Pox Eradication Program	3,089,000	5,011,000
Contributions for Agriculture and Agri-food Sector Assistance -
Renewal	5,602,000	6,519,000
Contributions under the Career Focus Program - Youth Employment
Strategy	864,000	864,000
Rural and Co-operatives
Contributions in support of assistance to Rural Canada and
Development in the Area of Co-operatives Framework	7,809,000	9,907,000
Total contributions	1,526,686,000	1,380,841,000
Items not required
Contributions under the Prairie Grain Roads Program	. . . . .	12,300,000
Contributions for Agricultural Risk Management - Spring Credit
Advance Program Business Risk Management	. . . . .	75,160,000
Total items not required	. . . . .	87,460,000
Total	1,725,385,000	1,504,800,000

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Canadian Dairy Commission

Strategic Outcome

To enhance the vitality of the Canadian dairy industry for the benefit of all stakeholders.

Program Activity Descriptions

Administer milk supply management system

• Set support prices for butter and skim milk powder.
• Determine and recommend National quota for industrial milk production.
• Facilitate within the dairy industry.
• Administer Domestic Seasonality (supply and demand) Program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2007-2008 Main Estimates 2006-2007
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Administer milk supply management system	3,595	3,595	3,513
	3,595	3,595	3,513

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Strategic Outcome

Protection from preventable health risks related to food safety or the transmission of animal diseases to humans.

Program Activity Descriptions

Food Safety and Public Health
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), along with many federal, provincial and municipal organizations, is working to improve the overall health of Canadians. The CFIA's primary contribution to this effort is in helping to ensure that food is safe, consumers have appropriate information on which to base healthy food choices and animals are healthy.

Strategic Outcome

Protection of consumers through a fair and effective food, animal and plant regulatory regime that supports competitive domestic and international markets.

Program Activity Descriptions

Science and Regulation
Providing a fair and effective regulatory regime for food, animals and plants that protects consumers and supports competitive domestic and international markets. Maintaining the integrity of Canadian Food Inspection Agency's regulatory policy, inspection and certification activities.

Strategic Outcome

A sustainable plant and animal resource base.

Program Activity Descriptions

Animal and Plant Resource Protection
Activities related to controlling invasive species; regulation of agricultural products, including products of biotechnology; and protecting Canada's livestock, crops and forests from regulated pests and disease.

Strategic Outcome

Security from deliberate threats to Canada's food supply and agricultural resource base.

Program Activity Descriptions

Public Security
Activities related to contributing to public security and agri-food security.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)		2007-2008 Main Estimates					2006-2007
		Budgetary				Total	Main
	Operating	Capital	Contributions		Less:		Estimates
			and other		Revenues
			transfer		credited
			payments		to the vote
Food Safety and Public Health	330,754	1,014	125		31,263	300,630	318,847
Science and Regulation	99,193	6,958	. . . . .		12,593	93,558	119,421
Animal and Plant Resource Protection	119,139	1,775	1,619		10,955	111,578	106,584
Public Security	71,786	9,988	. . . . .		189	81,585	26,677
	620,872	19,735	1,744		55,000	587,351	571,529

Transfer Payments

(dollars)				2007-2008		2006-2007
			Main Estimates			Main Estimates
Contributions
Food Safety and Public Health
Contributions in support of those initiatives that contribute to the
improvement, advancement and promotion of the federal inspection
system					125,000		125,000
Animal and Plant Resource Protection
Compensation under terms and conditions approved by the Governor in
Council to owners of animals that have died as a result of anthrax					7,000		7,000
Contributions to the provinces in accordance with the Rabies
Indemnification Regulations of the Governor in Council of amounts
not exceeding two-fifths of the amounts paid by the provinces to
owners of animals dying as a result of rabies infection					112,000		112,000
(S) Compensation payments in accordance with requirements
established by Regulations under the Health of Animals Act and the
Plant Protection Act , and authorized pursuant to the Canadian
Food Inspection Agency Act					1,500,000		1,500,000
Total					1,744,000		1,744,000

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Canadian Grain Commission

Strategic Outcome

A grain quality assurance system that addresses the changing requirements of domestic and international grain markets.

Program Activity Descriptions

Deliver Inspection and Testing Services - Appropriations
Deliver inspection and testing services utilizing a grain quality assurance system that:

• meets the legislative mandate of the Canada Grain Act and the grain industry requirements from producers to customers;
• provides scientific and technical support; and
• deals with both visually distinguishable and indistinguishable varieties and the capacity to segregate grain by specific characteristics.

Deliver Inspection and Testing Services - CGC Revolving Fund
Deliver inspection and testing services utilizing a grain quality assurance system that:

• meets the legislative mandate of the Canada Grain Act and the grain industry requirements from producers to customers;
• provides scientific and technical support; and
• deals with both visually distinguishable and indistinguishable varieties and the capacity to segregate grain by specific characteristics.

Strategic Outcome

A grain quantity assurance system that addresses the changing needs of the grain industry.

Program Activity Descriptions

Deliver Weighing Services - Appropriations
Deliver weighing services through the grain quantity assurance system that:

• meets the legislative mandate of the Canada Grain Act and the grain industry requirements from producers to customers; and
• provides technical support.

Deliver Weighing Services - CGC Revolving Fund
Deliver weighing services through the grain quantity assurance system that:

• meets the legislative mandate of the Canada Grain Act and the grain industry requirements from producers to customers; and
• provides technical support.

Strategic Outcome

Research and development on grain quality that enhances the marketability of Canadian grain.

Program Activity Descriptions

Conduct Research to Understand and Measure Grain Quality - Appropriations
Conduct research and development on grain quality that enhances the marketability of Canadian grain through:

• research that supports the grain quality assurance system;
• research that addresses emerging issues; and
• the evolution of grain standards that meet the changing industry needs.

Strategic Outcome

Producers' rights are supported to ensure fair treatment within the grain handling system.

Program Activity Descriptions

Protect Producers' Rights - Appropriations
Protect producers' rights as set out in the Canada Grain Act by:

• administering a licensing and security system;
• ensuring fair treatment of producers by licensed grain companies and dealers;
• providing grain quality information to producers; and
• administering fairly the producer car delivery option.

Protect Producers' Rights - CGC Revolving Fund
Protect producers' rights as set out in the Canada Grain Act by:

• administering a licensing and security system;
• ensuring fair treatment of producers by licensed grain companies and dealers;
• providing grain quality information to producers; and
• administering fairly the producer car delivery option.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)		2007-2008 Main Estimates			2006-2007
		Budgetary		Total	Main
	Operating	Capital	Less:		Estimates
			Revenues
			credited
			to the vote
Deliver Inspection and Testing Services - Appropriations	17,978	1,259	. . . . .	19,237	18,132
Deliver Inspection and Testing Services - CGC
Revolving Fund	29,120	1,921	31,135	(94)	(95)
Deliver Weighing Services - Appropriations	5,354	375	. . . . .	5,729	6,700
Deliver Weighing Services - CGC Revolving Fund	8,669	572	9,270	(29)	(29)
Conduct Research to Understand and Measure Grain
Quality - Appropriations	7,054	610	. . . . .	7,664	9,171
Protect Producers' Rights - Appropriations	2,073	156	. . . . .	2,229	1,346
Protect Producers' Rights - CGC Revolving Fund	804	52	860	(4)	(3)
	71,052	4,945	41,265	34,732	35,222

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