To support this, 28.5 per cent of regulations for agricultural marketing boards and commissions are being eliminated, including 20 redundant rules that overlap with existing requirements. This will streamline rules and provide marketing boards and commissions more time to concentrate on growing, stimulating and improving production and marketing the products their members produce.
“Alberta is the best place to do business, and we are the best province in Canada at reducing red tape to promote economic growth. We want to continue to be a leader in this space, and that’s why we’re getting out of the way of our producers so they can continue to put food on tables in Alberta and around the world.”
RJ Sigurdson, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
“Alberta’s agriculture producers deserve to focus on what they do best, feeding our province and the world. By cutting unnecessary red tape, we’re giving them more time to grow their businesses and less time buried in paperwork.”
Dale Nally, Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction
The Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council began its red-tape reduction efforts in 2019 and continues to implement the 2020 Marketing of Agricultural Products Act amendments made by government to provide all marketing boards and commissions with bylaw-making authority.
“The Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council is thrilled to be part of modernizing the legislative framework for Alberta’s 19 agricultural marketing boards and commissions to remove unnecessary regulatory burden. Marketing boards and commissions play a vital role in growing Alberta’s agricultural industry and represent some of the world’s best farmers and ranchers.”
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