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Response to Freedom of Information Request for FBR Numbers

Updated August 10, 2020   OMAFRA Notice of Decision.   Sent July 14, 2020 foiaccess.omafra@ontario.ca     To Whom It May Concern:   As an...
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NFU-O Statement on the Deaths of Two Migrant Farm Workers

In the past week, Mexican migrant farm workers Bonifacio Eugenio Romero and Rogelio Muñoz Santosa have died of COVID-19 in Southwestern Ontario.  They lost their...
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Local Food Requires Local Abattoirs says NFU-O

The need for more regional meat processing capacity in Ontario has never been so evident. The closure of two of Canada’s largest beef processors due...
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Request for Assistance to Farmers Markets to Meet COVID-19 Measures

The National Farmers Union (NFU) would like to thank Public Health Ontario and all of the Public Health Units across the province for their tireless...
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Submission re. Amendments to Regulation 244/97 and Provincial Standards under the Aggregate Resources Act

The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) is an accredited farm organization representing thousands of farmers in Ontario and has advocated for farm families across...
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Trade injury letter to Minister Hardeman – NFU-O & CFFO

February 21, 2020   Dear Minister Hardeman,   As Ontario farmers prepare their cropping, livestock and business plans for the 2020 farming season, the obvious...
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Response to Bill 156 – Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2019.

February 18, 2020   Dear Minister Hardeman,   On behalf of the membership of the NFU-O, we would like offer our backing for Bill 156...
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Bill 136: An Act to enact the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act

To the Honourable Sylvia Jones,   The National Farmers Union – Ontario gratefully received a copy of the first draft of Bill 136, An Act...
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Bill 132: Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019

The National Farmers Union – Ontario is an accredited general farm organization. We believe that agriculture should be economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable. Our organization...
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