Category: Supervisory review
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Letter: MPL BC to BCFIRB — Resumption of MPL BC agency designation prior approval process and draft terms of reference
Counsel for MPL BC discusses the BCFIRB’s decision to lift the suspension of the prior approval process for MPL and suggests amendments to the draft terms of reference.
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Decision: Supervisory review of B.C. Chicken Marketing Board pricing-related recommendations
BCFIRB issued a decision on the supervisory review of BCCMB’s pricing-related recommendations, addressing issues such as the live price model, assurance of supply and the Market Development Program.
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Decision: BCFIRB — Supervisory Review of BCMMB Accommodation Levy Policy
BCFIRB conducted a supervisory review of the BCMMB’s Accommodation Levy Policy to assess its alignment with sound marketing policy. The review concluded that the policy does not accord with sound marketing policy and directed the Milk Board to analyze the costs of the current system and engage interest holders in consultation.
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Letter: BCFIRB to BCMMB — Quota management and governance update
This letter follows BCFIRB’s April 5, 2011, letter (which requested more analysis on the BCMMB’s FIFO proposal) and a May 19, 2011, response from the BCMMB. BCFIRB is now formally introducing its new principles-based regulatory framework, which it expects the BCMMB to apply to the FIFO issue.
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Letter: BCFIRB to hearing counsel — Phase 2 hearing counsel final reply submission extension
BCFIRB grants hearing counsel’s request for a short extension to deliver the final reply submission until January 8, 2024.
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Letter: BCFIRB to BCMMB — Initial response to First In, First Out (FIFO) proposal
BCFIRB requests the B.C. Milk Marketing Board provide a more comprehensive analysis for its proposal to change quota transfer rules from LIFO to FIFO, citing policy and new entrant concerns.
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Decision: Vancouver Island chicken industry supervisory review
BCFIRB ends subsidies and recommends quota policy changes after determining large-scale Island chicken production is unsustainable without a local processor.
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Decision: BCFIRB re: BCFresh application to adduce evidence in Phase II
Decision on BCFresh’s application to cite new evidence regarding Prokam’s Delivery Allocation (DA) in Phase II of the “Allegations of Bad Faith” supervisory review.
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Letter: Lawson Lundell LLP to BCFIRB — Request for update on MPL BC agency designation prior approval process
Lawson Lundell LLP requests an update from BCFIRB on the next steps for the prior approval process and appeals related to the B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission’s decision on MPL BC’s agency designation.
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Letter: BCFIRB to Supply Managed Boards — Quota management issues and new entrant collateral
BCFIRB raises concerns that the declining quota transfer assessment (established during the Specialty Review) is harming new entrants’ ability to use quota as collateral.