Category: Supervisory review
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Supplementary Closing statement: Windset Farms and Greenhouse Grown Foods on MPL BC Agency Designation
Windset Farms and Greenhouse Grown Foods submit supplementary statements opposing MPL BC’s agency designation, citing potential disruption and lack of necessity in the BC greenhouse vegetable industry.
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Reply: Mitha Law Group to BCFIRB — Allegations of Bad Faith and Unlawful Activity in BC Vegetable Industry
Hearing counsel responds to letters from BC Fresh Vegetables Inc. and Prokam Enterprises Ltd. regarding the proposed investigation into allegations of bad faith and unlawful activities in the B.C. vegetable industry.
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Report: BCCMB — Cost Recovery Model Committee report for January 2023
This is the monthly progress report for the Cost Recovery Model Committee (CRMC). It details Serecon’s presentation of preliminary grower COP data, noting the PPPABC remains an observer and Hugh Scorah presented on processor competitiveness.
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Email: Affleck Hrabinsky Burgoyne LLP to BCFIRB — Response to hearing counsel submissions
Counsel for BC Fresh confirms that they have no submission to make in response to a letter from hearing counsel.
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Submission: BCCMB to BCFIRB — Request for prior approval to amend quota period A-181 and A-182 mainstream pricing formula
BC Chicken Marketing Board requests BCFIRB prior approval to extend the current interim pricing formula (including the 50% guardrail provision and Ontario margin adjustment) for periods A-181 and A-182.
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Ruling: MPL British Columbia Distributors Inc. and allegations of bad faith and unlawful activity review phase 2
BCFIRB concludes phase 2 of the supervisory review as it relates to MPL, following recommendations from hearing counsel and MPL’s voluntary actions to restore trust and orderly marketing in the B.C. regulated vegetable sector.
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Letter: Affleck Hrabinsky Burgoyne LLP to BCFIRB — B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission legal costs clarification
Counsel for the B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission supports recommendations made by Hearing Counsel regarding the supervisory review into allegations of bad faith and unlawful activity, with a caveat concerning legal cost compensation by MPL.
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Supplementary closing submissions — MPL British Columbia Distributors Inc.
MPL BC provides additional submissions in support of their application for designation as an agency, responding to submissions made by Village Farms.
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Letter: Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP to BCFIRB — Phase 2 process
Counsel for MPL British Columbia Distributors Inc. requests the conclusion of the Phase 2 process in the supervisory review as it relates to MPL, citing MPL’s steps to end its civil action and commitment to orderly marketing in the B.C. greenhouse vegetable sector.
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Letter: Mitha Law Group to BCFIRB — Recommendation to end MPL British Columbia Distributors Inc.’s involvement in phase 2
Hearing counsel recommends ending phase 2 of the supervisory review as it relates to MPL British Columbia Distributors Inc., citing MPL’s commitments to orderly marketing and compensation for legal costs.