Canada - Ag minister blocks Ontario Pork ruling for review
http://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/issues/ISarticle.asp?aid=1000364702&issue=03192010&pc=FBC
23-Mar-2010 (16 years 2 months 17 days ago)Ontario's agriculture minister has intervened against a provincial tribunal's ruling that allowed hog farmers a "negative option" to sell hogs through a single marketing desk.
Provincial legislation gives Agriculture Minister Carol Mitchell the authority to "confirm, vary or rescind" a decision made by her ministry's appeal tribunal or send it back for a new hearing, she said in a letter posted Thursday on Ontario Pork's website.
In this case, the province's Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal last month reinstated sections of the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Regulations that were revoked in October 2008 by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission (OFPMC).
Provincial legislation gives Agriculture Minister Carol Mitchell the authority to "confirm, vary or rescind" a decision made by her ministry's appeal tribunal or send it back for a new hearing, she said in a letter posted Thursday on Ontario Pork's website.
In this case, the province's Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal last month reinstated sections of the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Regulations that were revoked in October 2008 by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission (OFPMC).