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CHC representatives at Senate Committee hearing. From left to right: Julie Paillat, National Coordinator, Greenhouse Vegetable Industry; Mark Wales, Chair, CHC BRM Committee; Jan VanderHout, CHC Board Member and greenhouse grower.

CHC addresses carbon pricing in presentation to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

May 11, 2018

On May 10, 2018, CHC presented before the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (AGFO) to discuss Part 5, as it relates to farming, of Bill C-74 (a bill intended to pass into law certain elements of Budget 2018). Key points conveyed CHC took advantage of its appearance before the senate committee to reiterate…

From left to right: Janet Krayden, CAHRC; Rebecca Lee, CHC Executive Director; Beth Conner, CHC Labour Committee Chair; Hon. Lawrence MacAulay, AAFC Minister; Brian Gilroy, CHC President; Jennifer Babcock, CHC Policy Research and Development Manager. Photo: CAHRC

Week of high-level meetings to address labour crisis

May 7, 2018

Over the past week, CHC participated in several high-level meetings with Cabinet Ministers and their staff to discuss pressing labour issues. Tuesday, May 1: Brian Gilroy, CHC President; Beth Connery, CHC Labour Committee Chair; and Rebecca Lee, CHC Executive Director; met with Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Minister Lawrence MacAulay and senior staff to discuss urgent labour…

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"BC Blueberry growers are extremely thankful for the hard work and support of CHC and everyone that was involved in this push for the BC Blueberry industry.

The government was very receptive to moving the start and end dates for the emergency registration and we were able to cover the majority of our season."

Jason Smith, Chair, BC Blueberry Council