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Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA)
July 20, 2021
Checking in with ABP
CCA’s Virtual Town Hall available on YouTube
On Monday, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) hosted a producer town hall on drought and wildfire. The event started with an update on the immediate relief measures requested of federal and provincial governments. Then, Provincial Cattle Associations provided local updates on their situations. The whole group then took questions from participants. In the following recording, you’ll hear from…
July 15, 2021
Checking in with ABP
Join CCA, ABP for virtual town halls
Editor’s Update: If you missed the town halls, they are now available online: CCA’s Drought and Wildfire Relief and ABP’s Dealing with Drought. Please join us for two town hall discussions, to discuss drought and wildfire relief on both a national and provincial level. Monday, July 19, 2021 – 11:00 a.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m….
June 30, 2021
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VBP+ offers industry-developed quality assurance
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of monthly columns by Melissa Downing, Alberta’s Provincial Coordinator with VBP+. This post focuses on VBP+ as a whole, while subsequent articles will address specific aspects of beef production through the VBP+ lens. Verified Beef Production (VBP) has been around for awhile now and, like many…
June 29, 2021
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Alberta beef representatives participate in virtual meetings with MPs
Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) executive members and Canada Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) Alberta board members participated in virtual fly-ins with Conservative Members of Parliament during the month of June. Over the course of 10 meetings, the producer representatives discussed issues ranging from the need to safeguard our food systems to Canada’s negligible risk status for BSE….
May 3, 2021
Issues & Insights
Virtual dialogues offer insight to UN Food Systems Summit
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Nature Conservancy of Canada hosted three virtual summit dialogues last week, in anticipation of the United Nations Food Systems Summit. With the theme Grazing Livestock: Building Sustainable Protein Supply Chains, the dialogues explored three main topics: Nature-based solutions for sustainable production; Sustainable consumption (what that means and looks like); and…
April 13, 2021
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Check-off at Work | CCA co-hosts UN Food Summit dialogue
Later this month, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) joins the Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC) in hosting a virtual conversation series in anticipation of the upcoming United Nations Food Systems Summit. The Summit will be an influential policy discussion and CCA wants to ensure Canada’s livestock sector is part of the narrative. This dialogue, entitled Grazing…
March 26, 2021
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CCA confirms leadership, sets path forward for year ahead at Annual General Meeting
At the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM), held virtually, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) Board Members re-elected Bob Lowe (AB) and Reg Schellenberg (SK) as President and Vice President, respectively, and set CCA’s path forward for the upcoming year. During a productive AGM, CCA discussed the beef industry’s priorities for the year ahead, including focusing…
March 19, 2021
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Check-off at Work | CCA recognizes need for Canada-U.K. Trade Continuity Agreement, continues to advocate for stronger permanent agreement
Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, announced that Canada is ratifying the Canada-United Kingdom (U.K.) Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA). This announcement follows the Royal Assent of Bill C-18: An Act to implement the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…
March 18, 2021
Issues & Insights
Agricultural Climate Solutions program holds promise as a useful mechanism to further beef sustainability initiatives
Today the Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced $185 million for the Agricultural Climate Solutions program which includes the Living Laboratories initiative. This program is intended to assist the Government of Canada in achieving its greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets. Canada’s beef industry is well positioned to be a partner in reaching…
March 12, 2021
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Check-off at Work | CCA pleased Canada is one step closer to attaining BSE negligible risk status
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) is pleased with the Government of Canada’s announcement today that sees Canada one step closer to be recognized as Negligible Risk by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Today marks an important step forward for the Canadian beef industry. Final approval is subject to…
March 11, 2021
Issues & Insights
What We’re Reading | Focusing on the future while facing a pandemic
Canadian Cattlemen by Piper Whelan When Bob Lowe was elected president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) in March 2020, he couldn’t have anticipated everything the year ahead had in store. Mere days after CCA’s annual general meeting, Canada was in lockdown due to the pandemic, changing the trajectory of everyone’s year and presenting numerous…
March 2, 2021
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Check-off at Work | Federal pre-budget consultations launched
As the Government of Canada prepares to release Budget 2021, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland launched pre-budget consultations to hear from Canadians. The CCA submitted a set of recommendations focusing on the beef sector’s economic growth potential and the ability to enhance meaningful environmental outcomes and what domestic supports are needed…