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Agriculture and Agri-Food

Ministry Summary

Vote	(thousands of dollars)	2010–11	2009–10	Difference
		Main Estimates	Main Estimates
	Agriculture and Agri-Food
	Department
1	Agriculture and Agri-Food – Operating expenditures	742,448	657,850	84,598
5	Agriculture and Agri-Food – Capital expenditures	49,998	33,957	16,041
10	Agriculture and Agri-Food – Grants and contributions	551,244	417,027	134,217
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 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 Canada for the purpose of the renewed
	(2003) National Biomass Ethanol Program	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
20	Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency – Program expenditures	345	. . . . .	345
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	83,263	63,662	19,600
(S)	Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for
	the Canadian Wheat Board – Salary and motor car
	allowance	79	78	. . . . .
(S)	Contribution payments for the AgriStability program	500,034	369,184	130,850
(S)	Contribution payments for the AgriInsurance program	452,000	440,600	11,400
(S)	Payments in connection with the Agricultural Marketing
	Programs Act	184,000	165,020	18,980
(S)	Grant payments for the AgriInvest program	155,820	139,400	16,420
(S)	Grant payments for the AgriStability program	95,282	225,132	(129,850)
(S)	Grant payments for the Agricultural Disaster Relief
	program / AgriRecovery	54,200	54,200	. . . . .
(S)	Contribution payments for the Agricultural Disaster Relief
	program / AgriRecovery	54,200	54,200	. . . . .
(S)	Contributions in support of the Assistance to the Pork
	Industry Initiative	39,071	. . . . .	39,071
(S)	Contribution payments for the AgriInvest program	18,959	20,089	(1,130)
(S)	Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy Fund	5,000	5,000	. . . . .
(S)	Loan guarantees under the Canadian Agriculture Loans
	Act	4,000	. . . . .	4,000
(S)	Grants to agencies established under the Farm Products
	Agencies Act	200	200	. . . . .
(S)	Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Appropriations not required
–	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	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Items not required
–	Loan guarantees under the Farm Improvment and
	Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act	. . . . .	4,000	(4,000)
	Total Department	2,990,142	2,649,600	340,542
	Canadian Dairy Commission
25	Program expenditures	3,981	3,721	261
	Total Agency	3,981	3,721	261
	Canadian Food Inspection Agency
30	Operating expenditures and contributions	534,261	480,632	53,629
35	Capital expenditures	36,378	22,654	13,723
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	73,287	67,258	6,029
(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	. . . . .
	Total Agency	645,426	572,045	73,381
	Canadian Grain Commission
40	Program expenditures	4,924	4,756	168
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	589	561	29
(S)	Canadian Grain Commission Revolving Fund	(120)	(120)	. . . . .
	Total Agency	5,394	5,197	197

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.  

Department

Strategic Outcome

A competitive agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector that proactively manages risk.

Program Activity Descriptions

Business Risk Management

Agriculture and Agri-Food has a comprehensive business risk management program to better equip producers with the tools and capacity to manage business risks. This program provides coverage for small income declines, margin-based support for larger income losses, a disaster relief framework for rapid assistance to producers and production insurance to protect farmers against production losses due to uncontrollable natural hazards. In addition, assistance to producers through the provision of financial guarantees facilitates the marketing of producers' crops when market conditions and prices may be more favourable.

Food Safety and Biosecurity Risk Management Systems

Agriculture and Agri-Food supports producers and organizations in the development and implementation of food safety, biosecurity and traceability risk management systems to prevent and control risks to the animal and plant resource base thus strengthening the sector against widespread diseases and losses in domestic and foreign markets. The risk management systems are national, government-recognized on-farm and/or post-farm Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) or HACCP-based food safety systems, National Biosecurity Systems and a National Agriculture and Food Traceability System. These systems also support emergency management to limit the spread of animal and plant diseases, thereby reducing economic, environmental and social impacts of a crisis. A National Animal and Plant Biosecurity Strategy provides overall policy direction ensuring efforts are targeted at the highest possible biosecurity risks. Eligible recipients include national or regional non-profit organizations, producers and industry stakeholders.

Trade and Market Development

Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAF) acts as Canada's agricultural trade advocate, working to break down trade barriers at home and abroad and expand opportunities for the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector. AAF assists the sector in identifying new domestic and global opportunities and ways to enhance productivity, competitiveness and prosperity. AAF also works to distinguish Canadian products under Brand Canada International and the Domestic Branding Strategy to expand and deepen the sector's strengths in the marketplace.

Regulatory Efficiency Facilitation

Agriculture and Agri-Food is undertaking initiatives to ensure that the regulatory environment promotes sector innovation, investment and competitiveness. The Department recognizes that with the rapid pace of technological advancement and emerging gaps between international and domestic regulatory policies, Canada's regulatory environment will need to increase capacities and accelerate modernization to be responsive. The initiatives will involve working with stakeholders along the value chain to enhance their ability to fulfill regulatory requirements, and collaborating with federal partners and industry to find ways of streamlining the regulatory burden through targeted actions on sector priorities, while at the same time maintaining Canada's strong regulatory system with respect to health and safety. Improving the timeliness and transparency of science-based regulatory decision-making will also contribute to improved public and stakeholder confidence.

Farm Products Council of Canada

Established through the Farm Products Agencies Act (the Act), the Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC) is a quasi-judicial, regulatory agency which reports to Parliament through the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (the Minister). The Act provides for the creation of national marketing and promotion research agencies. The FPCC supervises these agencies and works with them to ensure that the supply management system for poultry and eggs works in the balanced interest of all stakeholders, from producers to consumers. The FPCC is also an active proponent of portfolio management by providing advice to the Minister and maintaining relationships with provincial governments.

Strategic Outcome

An innovative agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector.

Program Activity Descriptions

Science, Innovation and Adoption

Agriculture and Agri-Food contributes to the competitiveness of the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector by supporting innovation designed to improve profitability in new and existing products, services, processes and markets.

Coordinated and informed decision-making is supported with strategic foresight, research, and information sharing contributing to integrated planning engaging industry, government and academia. Collaborative action is promoted to accelerate the flow of science and technology along the innovation continuum in support of industry defined strategies for future success. Farmers, agri-entrepreneurs and agri-based small and medium sized enterprises are supported in their efforts to adopt new technologies and commercialize new products and services. Pathfinding and transformational research, help to define future opportunities and prepare the sector for emerging opportunities and challenges.

Agri-Business Development

This program activity builds awareness of the benefits and encourages the use of sound business management practices, while also enabling businesses in the sector to be profitable and invest where needed to manage the natural resource base sustainably and to market and produce safe food and other products. The Agri-Business Development program funds provincial and territorial activities related to business management practices and skills that: strengthen the capacity of businesses in the sector to assess the financial implications of business improvements, including the impact of environmental plans, food safety systems and innovation projects on their business profitability; manage transformation, respond to change and adopt innovation in business operations; help the agri-business owner understand their financial situation, implement effective action and business management plans/practices and provide for enhanced participation by young or new entrants, First Nations clients, and clients in specific sub-sectors in transition.

Rural and Co-operatives Development

The Rural and Co-operatives Development program leads an integrated, government-wide approach, called the Canadian Rural Partnership, through which the government aims to coordinate its economic, social, environmental and cultural policies towards the goal of economic and social development and renewal of rural Canada. It develops partnerships with federal departments, provincial and rural stakeholders in areas such as knowledge building, policy development and the implementation of the government's rural development strategies. It also offers tools to enable rural communities to use their innovative capacity to capture the value of local amenities, and to achieve greater local or regional economic competitiveness. The program also promotes economic growth and social development of Canadian society through the development of co-operatives. It facilitates the development of co-operatives as an effective self-help tool helping Canadians and communities address their needs and capture economic opportunities. It provides advice across government on policies and programs affecting co-operatives and builds partnerships within the federal government and with the sector, the provinces and other key stakeholders in the implementation of initiatives, such as capacity and knowledge building, to support the development of co-operatives.

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency

Section 204 of the Criminal Code of Canada designates the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food as the individual responsible for the policy and regulatory functions pertaining to pari-mutuel wagering on horse races. The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) is a special operating agency within AAF that regulates and supervises pari-mutuel betting on horse racing at racetracks across Canada, with the objective of ensuring that pari-mutuel betting is conducted in a way that is fair to the betting public. Costs associated with the activities of the CPMA are recovered through a levy on every dollar bet on horse races in Canada. The levy is currently set at eight-tenths of a cent of every dollar bet. CPMA's strategic plans are focused on regulating and supervising pari-mutuel wagering on horse races in the most modern, effective and transparent manner.

Strategic Outcome

An environmentally sustainable agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector.

Program Activity Descriptions

On-Farm Action

Agriculture and Agri-Food supports farmers through direct on-farm programming that identifies environmental risks and opportunities and promotes the continuous growth of the stewardship ethic within the agriculture and agri-food industry. AAF supports farmers through agri-environmental risk assessment and planning; providing expertise, information and incentives to increase the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices at the farm and landscape levels; investigating and developing new approaches that encourage and support the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices; and increasing the recognition of the value of sustainable agriculture practices. This program supports environmental stewardship and helps reduce the sector's overall impact on the environment. It contributes to a cleaner environment and healthier living conditions for Canadian people, and a more profitable agriculture sector.

Environmental Knowledge, Technology, Information and Measurement

Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAF) is focused on supporting the sector through initiatives that enable them to use a more systematic management approach to making decisions with respect to environmental risks and help identify suitable corrective actions. AAF is conducting basic and applied research to improve scientific understanding of agriculture's interactions with the environment on the key environmental challenges facing Canada and its regions; developing sustainable agricultural practices and validating environmental and economic performance at the farm and landscape levels; and developing, enhancing and using agri-environmental indicators, greenhouse gas accounting systems and economic indicators to assess the sector's environmental and economic sustainability. This program provides the platform for innovation and discovery of technologies and strategies which are used as the basis for application by the sector in order to improve the agri-environmental performance of the sector.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)			2010–11 Main Estimates				2009–10
			Budgetary			Total	Main
	Operating	Capital	Grants	Contributions	Less:		Estimates
				and other	Revenues
				transfer	credited
				payments	to the vote
Business Risk Management	124,827	. . . . .	305,302	1,254,264	5,500	1,678,892	1,534,620
Science, Innovation and Adoption	161,754	20,915	999	235,741	14,960	404,449	316,112
Internal Services	275,746	25,665	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	301,411	282,150
On-Farm Action	81,680	1,000	. . . . .	89,923	20,400	152,203	120,882
Food Safety and Biosecurity Risk
Management Systems	33,714	2,418	. . . . .	115,663	1,540	150,256	140,530
Trade and Market Development	76,405	. . . . .	5,075	34,808	. . . . .	116,288	96,809
Agri-Business Development	9,664	. . . . .	. . . . .	54,435	. . . . .	64,098	38,832
Environmental Knowledge, Technology,
Information and Measurement	58,548	. . . . .	. . . . .	5,416	5,500	58,464	58,350
Regulatory Efficiency Facilitation	35,854	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	35,854	37,861
Rural and Co-operatives Development	12,913	. . . . .	. . . . .	12,184	. . . . .	25,096	20,796
Farm Products Council of Canada	2,576	. . . . .	200	. . . . .	. . . . .	2,776	2,659
Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency	13,791	345	. . . . .	. . . . .	13,782	354	. . . . .
	887,471	50,343	311,576	1,802,433	61,682	2,990,142	2,649,600

Notes:

Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

The 2009-10 funding associated with the program activity "National Farm Products Council of Canada" in the 2009-10 Main Estimates is displayed under the new program activity entitled "Farm Products Council of Canada".

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2010–11	2009–10
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Grants
(S) Grant payments for the AgriInvest program	155,820,000	139,400,000
(S) Grant payments for the AgriStability program	95,282,000	225,132,000
(S) Grant payments for the Agricultural Disaster Relief program /
AgriRecovery	54,200,000	54,200,000
(S) Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy Fund	5,000,000	5,000,000
Agricultural research in universities and other scientific organizations in
Canada	999,000	999,000
(S) Grants to agencies established under the Farm Products Agencies Act	200,000	200,000
Grant payments to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development	75,000	. . . . .
Total grants	311,576,000	424,931,000
Contributions
(S) Contribution payments for the AgriStability program	500,034,000	369,184,000
(S) Contribution payments for the AgriInsurance program	452,000,000	440,600,000
(S) Payments in connection with the Agricultural Marketing Programs
Act	184,000,000	165,020,000
Programming related to the Agricultural Flexibility Fund	86,070,000	. . . . .
Contributions to promote Environmentally Responsible Agriculture	69,993,432	62,569,000
Contribution payments for the ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital Initiative	65,294,070	66,445,500
Contributions to accelerate the Pace of Innovation and Facilitate the
Adoption of New Technologies	60,570,486	45,664,000
(S) Contribution payments for the Agricultural Disaster Relief program /
AgriRecovery	54,200,000	54,200,000
(S) Contributions in support of the Assistance to the Pork Industry
Initiative	39,070,574	. . . . .
Contribution payments for the control of diseases in the hog industry –
Phase 2	37,851,450	22,390,500
Contributions to support the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation program	33,361,000	. . . . .
Contributions to minimize the Occurrence and Extent of Risk Incidents	32,563,289	27,850,000
Contribution payments for New Opportunities for Agriculture Initiatives	31,095,150	46,822,850
Contributions to enable Competitive Enterprises and Sectors	23,476,281	14,879,306
Contributions to transform Canada's Strengths into Domestic and Global
Success	22,742,000	35,457,000
Contributions to strengthen the competitiveness of Canada's red meat
packing and processing industry	19,641,690	. . . . .
Contributions to enhance the Safety and Security of Canada's Food
System	18,978,380	18,581,000
(S) Contribution payments for the AgriInvest program	18,959,000	20,089,000
Contribution payments for the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation
program	15,709,235	20,676,090
Contributions under the Orchards & Vineyards Transition program	9,175,850	11,686,070
Contribution payments for the Plum Pox Eradication program	8,600,000	8,600,000
Contributions for Rural and Co-operatives Development	7,453,000	6,943,000
Contributions for the implementation of the Community Development
Fund program to assist rural communities in the tobacco growing
regions of Ontario	4,730,555	. . . . .
(S) Loan guarantees under the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act	4,000,000	. . . . .
Contributions in support of research and pilot initiatives related to the
AgriInsurance program	2,000,000	. . . . .
Contributions under the Career Focus program – Youth Employment
Strategy	864,000	864,000
Total contributions	1,802,433,442	1,438,521,316
Items not required
Contributions in support of facilitating the disposal of Specified Risk
Materials	. . . . .	17,500,000
Grant payments for the Cover Crop Protection Program	. . . . .	7,100,000
Loan guarantees under the Farm Improvment and Marketing	. . . . .
Cooperatives Loans Act		4,000,000
Contribution payments for the Canadian Farm Families Options Program	. . . . .	2,000,000
Total items not required	. . . . .	30,600,000
Total	2,114,009,442	1,894,052,316

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)	2010–11 Main Estimates		2009–10
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Administer milk supply management system	3,981	3,981	3,721
	3,981	3,981	3,721

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Strategic Outcome

Public health risks associated with the food supply and transmission of animal diseases to humans are minimized and managed.

Program Activity Descriptions

Food safety and nutrition risks

Food safety, nutrition risk management programming works with federal, provincial and municipal partners and organizations to improve the overall health of Canadians. A primary contribution to this effort is in minimizing and managing risks, and deliberate threats, to food and food production systems. Consumers are also provided with appropriate information on which to base safe and nutritious food choices. We achieve this by developing and delivering programs designed to verify that food safety and nutrition information is accurate. Programs and services are developed and delivered to protect Canadians from preventable food safety hazards, by managing food safety emergencies effectively, and supporting public awareness of, and the contribution to, food safety, in imported and domestic food.

Zoonotic Risk

Zoonotics risks programs work with federal and provincial partners and organizations to improve the overall health of Canadians. A primary contribution to this effort is in protecting Canadians from the spread of diseases transmissible, or potentially transmissible, from animal populations to humans. Zoonotic risks are managed and minimized through the development and delivery of programs and services focused on the animal health aspect and designed to help prevent and control the spread of zoonotic diseases, support public awareness, conduct inspections, and monitor and test.

Strategic Outcome

A safe and sustainable plant and animal resource base.

Program Activity Descriptions

Animal Health Risks and Production Systems

Protection of the animal resource base is integral to the Canadian food supply and critical to the well-being of all Canadians.

The animal heath risks and production systems programming plays an important role in minimizing and managing risk by protecting Canada's animals (including livestock and aquatics) from regulated disease, including deliberate threats to the resource base. Programs and services are developed and delivered to protect Canadian animal resources, feeds and animal products, as well as to manage animal disease emergencies effectively. Public confidence in animals, production systems, animal products and their by-products is significantly enhanced by Canada's reputation for effectively mitigating the risk of serious diseases.

Plant Health Risks and Production Systems

Protection of the plant resource base is integral to the Canadian food supply and critical to the well-being of all Canadians.

Plant health risks and production systems programming plays an important role in minimizing and managing risk by protecting Canada's plant resource base (crops and forests) from regulated pests and diseases, including deliberate threats to the resource base, and regulation of agricultural products. Programs and services are developed and delivered to protect Canadian plant resources, fertilizers and plant products. Public confidence in plants, production systems and plant products is significantly enhanced by Canada's reputation for effectively mitigating the risk of serious pests and diseases.

Biodiversity Protection

Protection of Canada's biodiversity is critical to the sustainability of Canada's environment. Biodiversity protection programming plays an important role in minimizing and managing risks to Canada's environment by developing and delivering programs and risk mitigation strategies to protect Canada's biodiversity from the spread of invasive species and other pests due to environmental change, and from novel agricultural products, including products of emerging technologies. Programs are developed and delivered to assess and manage environmental safety for the introduction of agricultural products. Through these programs, public confidence in Canada's ability to assess and manage the risks associated with the introduction of new species and/or new agricultural products is maintained and significantly enhanced.

Strategic Outcome

Contributes to consumer protection and market access based on the application of science and standards.

Program Activity Descriptions

Domestic and International Market Access

Domestic and international market access programming contributes to securing the conditions for an innovative and prosperous economy. It does so primarily by enabling products to enter markets through the implementation and enforcement of an effective and efficient regulatory system that is accessible, understandable and responsive to domestic and international market requirements. Information provided to consumers by producers is verified as truthful and not misleading and Canadian products are verified as meeting high quality and safety standards.

Integrated Regulatory Frameworks

Integrated regulatory frameworks programming enables economic prosperity of Canadians through its contribution to the development and effective implementation of national and international regulatory frameworks for food, animals and plants, and their products that are transparent, science-based, rules-based and mutually reinforcing. By contributing to the development of these frameworks, the ability of different jurisdictions to protect against sanitary and phytosanitary risks and to pursue other legitimate objectives in a manner that is consistent with a fair and competitive market economy is reinforced.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)		2010–11 Main Estimates				2009–10
		Budgetary			Total	Main Estimates
	Operating	Capital	Contributions	Less:
			and other	Revenues
			transfer	credited
			payments	to the vote
Food safety and nutrition risks	269,639	18,380	11	29,860	258,170	220,466
Internal services	103,157	13,020	. . . . .	. . . . .	116,177	108,326
Animal Health Risks and Production
Systems	88,486	. . . . .	847	2,200	87,133	56,713
Zoonotic Risk	63,742	3,909	119	. . . . .	67,770	75,284
Plant Health Risks and Production Systems	63,269	1,068	778	3,800	61,315	61,353
Domestic and International Market Access	47,267	. . . . .	. . . . .	14,995	32,271	24,562
Biodiversity Protection	13,209	. . . . .	. . . . .	300	12,909	11,103
Integrated Regulatory Frameworks	9,681	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	9,681	14,238
	658,449	36,378	1,755	51,155	645,426	572,045

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2010–11	2009–10
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Contributions
(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
Contributions in support of those initiatives that contribute to the
improvement, advancement and promotion of the federal inspection
system	136,000	136,000
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
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
Total contributions	1,755,000	1,755,000

Canadian Grain Commission

Strategic Outcome

Canada's grain is safe, reliable and marketable and Canadian grain producers are protected.

Program Activity Descriptions

Grain Quality Research Program – Appropriations

The Canada Grain Act requires the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) to undertake, sponsor and promote research related to grains. The CGC conducts research in support of the grain quality assurance system (GQAS) to address emerging issues and permit the effective marketing of Canadian grain in the interests of producers and the Canadian grain industry. The CGC's Grain Research Laboratory (GRL) researches methods to measure grain quality, new quality factors, and new grain standards. Grain quality research supports the continual improvement of the GQAS.

Producer Protection Program – Appropriations

The CGC is mandated to serve producer interests by upholding the Canada Grain Act and as such has implemented a number of programs and safeguards to ensure the fair treatment of Canadian grain producers. These include the licensing and security program, allocation of producer cars for producers and producer groups that wish to ship their own grain, and producer liaison measures including a grain grade appeal system. In addition, the CGC collects and updates grain quality data and grain handling information to facilitate producer sales and marketing decisions.

Producer Protection Program – Revolving Fund

The CGC is mandated to serve producer interests by upholding the Canada Grain Act and as such has implemented a number of programs and safeguards to ensure the fair treatment of Canadian grain producers. These include the licensing and security program, allocation of producer cars for producers and producer groups that wish to ship their own grain, and producer liaison measures including a grain grade appeal system. In addition, the CGC collects and updates grain quality data and grain handling information to facilitate producer sales and marketing decisions.

Quantity Assurance Program – Revolving Fund

The Canadian grain quantity assurance system assures the weight of grain loaded into or discharged from conveyances and in storage in the licensed terminal and transfer elevator system to meet the requirements of the grain industry from producers to customers. Daily provision of grain weighing services as mandated by the Canada Grain Act forms a major part of the Quantity Assurance System. To maintain relevancy and to address constantly changing industry demands, ongoing technical support is provided in support of the grain quantity assurance system.

Quality Assurance Program – Revolving Fund

Canada's grain quality assurance system (GQAS) assures consistent and reliable grain quality that meets the needs of international and domestic markets. Daily provision of grain inspection and grading services as mandated by the Canada Grain Act as well as strong scientific and technical support programs and services are integral components to the overall delivery of an effective GQAS. Canada's GQAS is continually adapted to the end-use needs of domestic and international buyers of Canadian grain, and to the ongoing structural changes within the grain industry to maintain Canada's reputation as a consistent supplier of quality grain. An effective GQAS is a key factor in permitting Canadian exporters to market successfully in competitive international grain markets and is essential for producers in order to realize maximum value from their grain.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services – Revolving Fund

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Internal Services – Appropriations

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)		2010–11 Main Estimates			2009–10
		Budgetary		Total	Main Estimates
	Operating	Capital	Less:
			Revenues
			credited
			to the vote
Internal Services – Revolving Fund	8,087	. . . . .	. . . . .	8,087	8,087
Grain Quality Research Program – Appropriations	3,411	153	. . . . .	3,564	3,365
Internal Services – Appropriations	1,330	34	. . . . .	1,364	1,366
Producer Protection Program – Appropriations	574	12	. . . . .	586	586
Producer Protection Program – Revolving Fund	364	. . . . .	504	(140)	(140)
Quantity Assurance Program – Revolving Fund	9,710	. . . . .	12,056	(2,346)	(2,346)
Quality Assurance Program – Revolving Fund	24,249	. . . . .	29,970	(5,721)	(5,721)
	47,725	199	42,530	5,394	5,197

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

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