Industry: Milk
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Preliminary decision: Miller v. Pan-O-Ramic Farms Ltd.
Complaint related to odour from manure management practices of a dairy farm in Coldstream. Complainants who filed as a group were directed to file individual complaints or apply for intervener status.
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Summary Dismissal: Ronald and Stephanie Smits v British Columbia Milk Marketing Board
Appeal of BCMMB’s decision to deny participation in the Cottage Industry Program based on subsection 1(2) of the Cottage Industry Program Rules. Appellants claimed the rule disqualifying those with a financial interest in quota was unfair.
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Letter: BCFIRB to Verdonk and Stewart — Extension of deadline for joint GEP application
BCFIRB grants an extension (to August 14, 2009) to submit the joint GEP quota regularization application to BCMMB that was ordered in BCFIRB’s June 26, 2009, decision.
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Letter: BCFIRB to Supply Managed Boards — Direction on principles and procedures for distribution of national allocations
BCFIRB outlines the requirement for marketing boards and commissions (BCBHEC, BCMMB, BCCMB, BCTMB, BCEMB) to establish clear principles and criteria for distributing national allocations.
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Letter: BCFIRB to BCBHEC, BCMMB, BCCMB, BCTMB, BCEMB — Suggested Response Framework for Principles and Procedures for Distribution of National Allocations
Following its December 2007 directive, BCFIRB provides a suggested framework, based on the 2004 Regulated Marketing Economic Policy, to assist supply-managed boards in developing their quota allocation principles.
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Procedural Decision: Saputo Inc. v. British Columbia Milk Marketing Board
The decision addresses procedural issues concerning the participation of a panel member due to potential conflicts of interest, and Saputo Inc.’s concerns about document disclosure and hearing scheduling. The panel member recused himself, and Saputo was instructed to follow BCFIRB’s procedures for confidentiality and adjournment requests.
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Letter:BCFIRB to supply-managed boards — Direction on declining transfer assessment for all quota
BCFIRB directs the five supply-managed boards to apply a declining transfer assessment schedule to all classes of quota, including mainstream. This followed its September 1, 2005 directions on new entrants and specialty production.