Category: Regulated marketing appeal
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Preliminary Decision: BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P. v. British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission
Appeal of VMC’s Order 10/03(a) requiring BC Vegetable to remit $376,642 in levies. This preliminary decision addresses disclosure disputes, requests for forensic examination of Commission computers, scope of the appeal, and scheduling. The Board ordered limited further disclosure, dismissed other requests, and confined the appeal to levy calculation issues.
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Decision: B.C. Chicken Growers’ Association v. B.C. Chicken Marketing Board
The BCFIRB dismisses the appeal by BCCGA against BCCMB’s July 8, 2005 order, which converted transitional quotas to primary quotas to address inequities in quota allocation.
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Costs decision: BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P. v. British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission
Costs decision arising from appeal of BCVMC Order 10/03(a) regarding levy calculations for greenhouse vegetable producers. The matter involves costs applications by the BCVMC and BC Hot House Foods Inc. following extensive interlocutory steps and disputes over the scope of appeal and document disclosure.
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Preliminary Decision: BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P. v. British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission
Appeal of BCVMC’s Order 10/03(a) requiring BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P. to remit $376,642 in outstanding levies. The BCVMC and BC Hot House sought summary dismissal of the appeal. The Board dismissed most grounds as frivolous or an abuse of process, but allowed the appeal to proceed on jurisdiction and computation issues.
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Decision: British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association v. British Columbia Tree Fruit Marketing Board
Appeal of BCTFMB’s decision to deny a grant for a marketing initiative.
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Preliminary decision: B.C. Egg Hatchery Association v. B.C. Chicken Marketing Board
The B.C. Marketing Board issues a decision on BCEHA’s appeal for a stay of BCCMB’s decision regarding over-hatch placements, pending appeal. The stay is granted to maintain the status quo until the appeal is heard.
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Procedural decision: British Columbia Chicken Growers Association v. British Columbia Chicken Marketing Board
The B.C. Marketing Board denies the B.C. Chicken Growers Association’s (BCCGA) application to stay a B.C. Chicken Marketing Board (BCCMB) decision that removed the over-marketing levy for period A-53.
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Decision summary: 89 Chicken Ranch Ltd. and Texas Broiler Ranch Ltd. v. British Columbia Chicken Marketing Board
Summary of appeal of BCCMB’s refusal to allot primary and secondary quota and denial of exemption from leasing restrictions under new Chicken Board regulations. Issues included relocation of quota from Vancouver Island, barn space requirements, leasing provisions, and application of s.196 exemption for damaged or destroyed premises.
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Decision: Cross v. B.C. Egg Marketing Board
BCFIRB dismisses Allan Cross’s appeal against BCEMB’s decision to cancel his quota exchange due to non-compliance with the 45-day approval limit. The board upheld the integrity of the Quota Exchange process, emphasizing fairness and adherence to established policies.
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Decision: All Seasons Mushroom Farms Inc. v. British Columbia Mushroom Marketing Board
Review of whether All Seasons could remain a viable designated agency under the BC Mushroom Scheme given unresolved shareholder and director disputes.