Type: Decision
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Decision: Oranya Farms II Holdings Inc. and Thomas Reid Farms v British Columbia Chicken Marketing Board
Appeal of BCCMB’s decision to amend its General Orders by reclassifying Certified Organic chicken as mainstream and removing minimum price and production controls. Appellants claimed the changes created predatory pricing and market instability, and sought a stay of implementation pending a supervisory review and appeal.
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Decision: Lanyon, Pederson, and Ellicott v. Knopp’s Dairy Farm Ltd.
Complaint related to noise from a propane cannon used for bird control on a dairy farm near Courtenay.
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Decision: Baird v. Goodwill Investments Ltd. d.b.a. Goodwin Farms, and Plasterer
Complaint related to noise, land clearing, burning, and increased rodent population from a cattle operation in Highlands and View Royal.
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BCFIRB follow-up and conditional approval – GEP revisions in response to quota governance supervisory review
BCFIRB conditionally approved the Milk Board’s Graduated Entrant Program revision, requiring a 10-year prohibition on exempt family quota transfers to prevent “double dipping.” GEP recipients who breach this rule will lose all program benefits.
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Order: Sound marketing policy and board authority — Mandatory poultry disease insurance
BCFIRB directs B.C. poultry boards not to exercise regulatory authority to support a proposed captive insurance company for avian influenza coverage, citing legal uncertainties and sound marketing policy concerns.
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Preliminary decision: Hardy and Bond v. Stanhope Dairy Farm et al.
Complaints about noise, odour, pests, and truck traffic at Central Saanich composting/trucking operation. Hearing was adjourned, finding the complaints vexatious where the primary aim was to prove it was not a farm operation.
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Decision: Hill v. Gauthier
Complaint related to odour and pests from manure management practices on a cattle farm.
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Decision: Prior approval chicken interim pricing formula weight class amendment starting period A-178
BCFIRB approves the BC Chicken Marketing Board’s request to change the Ontario weight class reference in the interim formula to 2.15kg – 2.45kg, effective period A-178. This is BCFIRB’s final decision on the weight class change, a component of the BCCMB’s June 10, 2022, request that BCFIRB had deferred in its June 28, 2022, decision.
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Preliminary decision: Appellant v. British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Appeal of a BC SPCA seizure decision was dismissed due to a late filing fee.
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Decision: Paul Kuszyk, Three Gates Farm v. B.C. Chicken Marketing Board
BCFIRB dismisses Paul Kuszyk’s appeal against BCCMB’s decision to deny his request to remove transfer restrictions on incentive quota offered to new entrant growers on Vancouver Island.