Canadian Horticultural Council MINUTES

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1 Canadian Horticultural Council Meeting of the COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Governor General I & II Thursday, March 10, 2016 MINUTES Chairperson: Secretary: Keith Kuhl Anne Fowlie 1. Welcome and Call to Order K. Kuhl called the meeting to order at 1:40 pm. 2. Approval of the Agenda In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried, the Agenda was approved as presented. (P. Swetnam / M. Wales) 3. Adoption of the Minutes of the Committee of the Whole Meeting of March 12, 2015 In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried, the Minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting of March 12, 2015 were adopted as amended to reflect the following: 23. In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried a motion was adopted to amend the CHC Bylaws to extend the term of President from three (3) years to five (5) years. (C. Laniel / A. Plante) (F. Steele / B. Gilroy) 4. Business Arising There was no business arising. 5. Committee Reports K. Kuhl called on Committee Chairs for their respective reports. Murray Porteous Mark Wales Trade and Marketing Ken Forth Industry Standards and Food Safety Jack Bates Crop, Plant Protection and the Environment Charles Stevens Potato John Bareman Apple and Fruit Brian Gilroy Vegetable André Plante Greenhouse Linda Delli Santi 6. Processing of Resolutions Resolutions Chair, K. Kuhl, directed the processing of resolutions, which were reviewed and disposed of as follows: 1

2 Number Name Allocation Amended Carried CHC Annual Appointments Industry Standards and Food Safety Employment Insurance AgriStability AgriInvest AgriRecovery Registration of Pest Control Products Crop, Plant Protection and the Environment Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Tabled to the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program Committee Executive Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Tabled to the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - Committee Executive Dates Temporary Foreign Worker Program Agricultural Stream Canadian Fruit and Vegetable Breeding Programs Apple and Fruit Policy Statement Respecting Production Practices Industry Standards and Food Safety Impact of Weight Limits for the Transport of Trade and Marketing Fruits and Vegetables within Canada Analysis of Weight Limits for Transport of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables within Canada and in the United States Trade and Marketing Tabled to the Board of Directors National Clean Plant Network Crop, Plant Protection and the Environment Spotted Wing Drosophila Crop, Plant Protection and the Environment Cyclamen Mite Management Crop, Plant Protection and the Environment Improved Weather Prediction Mechanisms for Horticultural Producers Crop, Plant Protection and the Environment Request for Third Party Mediator to Moderate Canadian Partners in Quality Program (C- Potato PIQ) Appeals LR Market Impact Assessments (LMIA) LR Temporary Foreign Worker Program Agricultural Stream Annual Meetings LR Increasing Canadian Horticultural Council Lobbying Capacity Committee of the Whole LR National Rural Health Strategy Committee of the Whole 7. Appointment of 2016 Committee Chairs Committee Chair Vice-Chair Murray Porteous Ken Forth Co Vice-Chair Denis Hamel Co Vice-Chair Pinder Dhaliwal Co Vice-Chair Finance and Mark Wales Jocelyn St-Denis Business Management Trade and Marketing Ken Forth Dave Jeffries Industry Standards Andrew Lovell Gary Brown And Food Safety Crop, Plant Protection Charles Stevens Tracy Sinners-Carnelley and the Environment Potato John Bareman Brenda Simmons 2

3 National Seed Bob Watson Gord Visser Apple and Fruit Vegetable Greenhouse Brian Gilroy Bill George Jack Bates Phil Tregunno André Plante Linda Delli Santi Grape Co-Chair Blueberry Co-Chair Tender Fruit Co-Chair In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried the slate of Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs was accepted as presented. (F. Steele / C. Laniel) 8. Approval of the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried, the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget was approved as presented. (B. Gilroy / D. Hamel) 9. Motion: Reallocation of membership fees due to cancellation post-invoicing The motion respecting Reallocation of membership fees due to cancellation post-invoicing tabled from the Annual General Meeting to the Committee of the Whole was brought to the floor: When an active member provides notification of membership cancellation subsequent to the invoicing of membership fees, the value of that active membership fee will be prorated among remaining active members in the affected province and invoiced to those members. In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried the motion was adopted as presented. (B. Gilroy / F. Steele) 10. Motion: Government Relations K. Kuhl reported on the Board of Directors (BoD) discussions regarding the motion respecting Government Relations which was tabled from the Annual General Meeting to the Committee of the Whole. He noted the following: The BoD has been tasked with developing a strategic plan Included in the strategic plan is planning specific to Government Relations The BoD is committed to providing the Strategic Plan to members The plan will be shared with members once complete; this will allow for discussion at the 2017 AGM The BoD recommends that SUMMA Strategies be engaged on a term contract ending October 31, 2016 The BoD proposes to do this without the imposition of additional membership fee Resources will be used and flow through the Legacy Fund The BoD will report on value to the 2017 AGM; the report will include evaluation of in house resourcing versus external resourcing This work will be funded as follows: Directors have agreed to decline payment of per diems for fiscal 2016 and up to the 2017 AGM Saving for the current year: $23,000 The President will decline the Honorarium for the past year Saving for the current year $10,000 Total savings for the current fiscal year budget: $33,000 3

4 In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried the Board of Directors recommendation to engage SUMMA Strategies on a term contract ending October 31, 2016 was adopted. (M. Porteous / B. Hayre) The Board of Directors was encouraged to include Government Relations as a budget line item in the future. 11. Appointment of Auditor for Fiscal Year 2016 In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried, Hendry Warren LLP was appointed auditor for the Fiscal Year (B. Gilroy / B. Hayre) 12. Appointment to the Pest Management Advisory Council (PMAC) * Anne Fowlie / Tracy Shinners-Carnelley (Alternate) * This is a Joint Ministerial appointment by Health Canada/AAFC for a three (3) year period effective November Appointment to the S. Cairns Chipping Potato Research Committee Keith Kuhl Clément Lalancette Don Brubacher 14. Appointment to the Crop Protection Advisory Committee (CPAC) (2 per region) Gary Brown Maritimes Peter Swetnam Elizabeth Fortier Jean-Bernard Van Winden Charles Stevens Ontario Craig Hunter Tracy Shinners-Carnelley Gord Penner Iris Bitterlich Jason Smith Peter Isaacson Ornamentals (at large) 15. Appointments to Committee, Business Risk Management Working Group (BRM WG) Peter Swetnam / Richard Melvin Maritimes Benoit Désilets Keith Kuhl Mark Wales / Adrian Huisman Ontario Fred Steele 16. Appointment to the National Committee Working Group Glen Lucas Rick Wagenaar AB Robert Purton SK Roland Jeffries MB Sue Williams ON Martin Gibouleau QC TBD NB John MacDonald PE Rob Peill NS TBD NL 4

5 17. Appointment of SAWP Annual Review Meetings Representatives Murray Porteous CHC Ken Forth / Sue Williams F.A.R.M.S. Martin Gibouleau / Denis Hamel FERME Pinder Dhaliwal / Rhonda Driediger Beth Connery 18. Appointment to Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.) Ken Forth / Hector Delanghe (Alternate) 19. Appointment to the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council Ken Forth / Murray Porteous (Alternate) 20. Appointments to the Plant Breeders Rights Advisory Committee * Potatoes Deb Hart (Delegate) / Mary Kay Sonnier (Alternate) Tree Fruit Frank Kappel (Delegate) / Pinder Dhaliwal (Alternate) * Reviewed on an annual basis by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency 21. Appointment to Science Advisory Committee Regional Appointments Claude Laniel Mary Kay Sonier Maritimes Harold Schooley Ontario Tracy Shinners-Carnelley Pinder Dhaliwal Commodity Appointments Brian Gilroy Gary Brown Terence Hochstein Linda Delli Santi André Plante Apple and Tree Fruit Small Fruit Potato Greenhouse Vegetable 22. CFIA Board of Arbitration Fred Webber / Luc Mougeot 23. Canadian General Standards Board Committee on Organic Agriculture Wayne Rempel In a motion duly moved, seconded and carried the appointments for 2016 were approved as named in their entirety. (F. Steele / C. Laniel) 24. Upcoming Annual General Meetings Fairmont Winnipeg March 14-16, Location TBD Dates TBD 25. Other Business There was no other business. 26. Adjournment K. Kuhl thanked delegates for their attendance and adjourned the meeting at 3:05 pm. 5