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Grain Industry Symposium
“A Time of Change:
Increasing Opportunities for Canada’s Grain Industry”
Hosted By
Canada Grains Council
And
Grain Growers of Canada
Delta Hotel & Suites Ottawa Hotel
22-23 November 2011
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Note: Resource people are being invited but are not confirmed.
6th Sept 2011
Tuesday 22nd November
AM
Session One: Champlain Room: New Opportunities for Canada’s Grain Industry
Chairman Jean- Marc Ruest
Chairman, Canada Grains Council and Vice-President, Corporate Affairs
and General Counsel, Richardson International Limited, Winnipeg, MB
07:15 Breakfast
08:00 Increasing Opportunities for Canada’s Grain Industry The Honourable Gerry Ritz
Minister, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada and
Member, Battlefords- Lloydminster, SK
(invited)
A discussion of the significant changes underway in Canada’s grain industry and the
opportunities they create including new marketing systems for wheat and barley,
implementation of railway service review, development of new low level presence policies
and new approaches to encourage increased crop research
08:25 Discussion
08:45 Adjourn
Session Two: Delta Meeting Room: Australia’s Experience
09:00 Chairperson
Grain Growers of Canada
Magrath, AB
09:00 Australia’s Experience
Grain Trade Australia
Sydney, Australia
Australia has recently moved from a monopoly wheat seller to an open market system.
What has been the impact along the supply chain? What lessons were learned? What
things that could have been done differently? What opportunities missed?
09:30 Discussion
10:00 Break
Session Three: Delta Meeting Room: Harnessing Opportunities
10:20 Chairperson
CN
Edmonton, AB
10:20 Marketing Change in Canada: Harnessing Opportunities
For the first time in more than half a century Government policy calls for producers in
Western Canada to have the opportunity to decide themselves to whom and at what price
they will sell their wheat and barley. And similarly, business will have the opportunity to
source directly the quantity and quality of their wheat and barley requirements at a price
that they can negotiate in an open market environment. How can producers and industry
benefit from these opportunities?
a) Producers
Grain Growers of Canada
Fort McLeod, AB
b) Grain Industry
Louis Dreyfus Canada
Calgary, AB
c) Millers
P&H Milling Group
Cambridge, ON
11:20 Panel Discussion
11:40 Facilitating Marketing Change
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa, ON
A discussion of the process in place and the issues to be addressed in the transition from
a monopoly to a wheat and barley open market system
12:00 Discussion
12:15 Adjourn
PM
Session Four: Champlain Room: Canada’s Grain Industry and Trade Organizations
Chairman
Canadian Wheat Board
Winnipeg, MB
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Canada’s Grain Industry and Trade Organizations
Richardson International
Winnipeg, MB
Does the change in Canada’s wheat and barley marketing system trigger a review of
whether or not Canada’s grain industry associations are organized in the most effective
manner possible?
13:20 Discussion
13:40 Adjourn
Session Five: Delta Room: Canada’s Grain Industry and Trade Organizations con’t
14:00 Chairman
Western Canadian Wheat Growers
14:00 What do Canada’s Grain Trade Organizations Think of Change?
Do Canada’s grain trade organizations believe that it is time to begin to examine
possible restructuring? What are some of the pros and cons of restructuring?
14:00 a) Canola Council of Canada
Canola Council of Canada
Ottawa, ON
b) Flax Council of Canada
Flax Council of Canada
Winnipeg, MB
c) Canadian National Millers Association
Canadian National Millers Association
Ottawa, ON
14:30 Discussion
14:50 Industry Transportation Panel
What has happened since the Rail Freight Services Review Report was submitted one
year ago? What impact will the change in wheat/barley marketing system have upon
grain transportation? A cross section of industry members will provide initial reactions
on what still must be done to meet the transportation needs of Canada’s grain industry
Transportation Panel Moderator
Transport Canada
Ottawa, ON
a) Cargill
Cargill
Winnipeg, MB
b) Ports
Port Metro Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
15:30 Break
15:50 c) Railways
Railway Association of Canada
Ottawa, ON
d) Pulse Canada
Pulse Canada/Canadian Special Crops Association
Winnipeg, MB
16:30 Panel Discussion
17:00 Adjourn
Session Six: Parliamentary Reception: Champlain Room
Hosted by Canada Grains Council: Grain Growers of Canada; Canola Council of Canada
18:00 Chairpeople Jean-Marc Ruest
Chairman, Canada Grains Council and Vice-President, Corporate Affairs
and General Counsel, Richardson International Limited, Winnipeg, MB
and
Grain Growers of Canada and Farmer
Fort McLeod, AB
and
Canola Council of Canada
Winnipeg, MB
19:00 Remarks The Honourable Gerry Ritz
Minister, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada and
Member, Battlefords- Lloydminster, SK
(invited)
20:00 Adjourn
Wednesday 23rd November
Session Seven: Victoria Room: EU/Canada Trade
Chairman
Canada Grains Council Board Member and
Flax Council of Canada
Winnipeg, MB
07:15 Breakfast
08:00 Canada / European Union Free Trade Negotiations
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Ottawa, ON
An update on the Canada / European Union free trade negotiations and their potential impact on
Canada’s grain industry
08:25 Discussion
08: 45 Adjourn
Session Eight: Delta Meeting Room: Canadian Government Policy Initiatives
09:00 Chairman
Canada Grains Council Board Member and
Board Member, Grain Farmers of Ontario
Alma, ON
09:00 Canadian Government Policy Initiatives
A discussion of three Canadian Government policy initiatives, namely Canada’s Low
Level Presence Consultative Document, Going Forward II negotiations with the
provinces and Canadian Grain Commission policy changes
a) Canada’s Low Level Presence Consultative Document
Multilateral Relations, Policy and Engagement Directorate
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa, ON
b) Growing Forward II
Strategic Policy Branch
Ottawa, ON
c) Canadian Grain Commission
Canadian Grain Commission
Winnipeg, MB
10:00 Panel Discussion
10:20 Break
Session Nine: Crop Research
Chairman
Research Branch
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa, ON
10:40 Crop Research Funding Alternatives Panel
Changes within Canada’s wheat and barley marketing system provide opportunity to
examine the possibility of creating a national multi commodity research funding model. A
panel will examine whether or not such a model would be desirable for Canada and if so,
how it should be structured.
10:40 a) Grain Farmers of Ontario
GFO
Ottawa, ON
10:55 b) Grain Growers of Canada
Grain Growers of Canada
Ottawa, ON
11:10 c) Western Canadian Research Foundation
WGRF
Hughenden, AB
11:25 d) Crop Life Canada
CLC
Etobicoke, ON
11:40 Panel Discussion
12:00 Closing Remarks Jean-Marc Ruest
Chairman, Canada Grains Council and Vice-President, Corporate Affairs
and General Counsel, Richardson International Limited, Winnipeg, MB
12:10 Adjourn
REGISTRATION FORM
for
Grain Industry Symposium
Sponsored by the Grain Growers of Canada and the Canada Grains Council
Delta Hotel & Suites* Ottawa, Ontario
November 22-23, 2011
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*Call the Delta by November 6 2011 to receive a special room rate of only $154. Please note that there
are a limited number of rooms available at this rate so please reserve your room early. For reservations:
phone 1-800-268-1133 or 613-238-6000, identify yourself as being with the Canada Grains Council group
and quote reservation ID code GKCGN11.
REGISTRATION FEE: CGC MEMBERS $375.00 + $48.75 HST = $423.75
NON MEMBERS $475.00 + $61.75 HST = $536.75
CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS ARE ACCEPTED VIA THIS FORM OR CONTACT THE GRAINS COUNCIL OFFICE
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CHEQUES SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO THE CANADA GRAINS COUNCIL AND SENT TO:
1215 - 220 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg Manitoba
R3C 0A5
Phone: (204) 925-2130
Fax: (204) 925-2132
Email: office@canadagrainscouncil.ca
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