Farm Credit Canada Opens the Market

Feb 11, 2020

TORONTO - John Geurtjens, VP of Operations, Ontario, Farm Credit Canada (FCC), joined Steven Mills, Head, Company Services, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange, to open the market in celebration of Canada's Agriculture Day. FCC is a federal Crown corporation reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. FCC provides lending services to primary producers, food operations and agribusinesses, with a loan portfolio of more than $38 billion. FCC also offers management software, information and knowledge specifically designed for the agriculture and food industries.

Source : CISION

Video: Finding a Balance of Innovation and Regulation - Dr. Peter Facchini

Regulations help markets and industry exist on level playing fields, keeping consumers safe and innovation from going too far. However, incredibly strict regulations can stunt innovation and cause entire industries to wither away. Dr. Peter James Facchini brings his perspective on how existing regulations have slowed the advancement of medical developments within Canada. Given the international concern of opium poppy’s illicit potential, Health Canada must abide by this global policy. But with modern technology pushing the development of many pharmaceuticals to being grown via fermentation, is it time to reconsider the rules?

Dr. Peter James Facchini leads research into the metabolic biochemistry in opium poppy at the University of Calgary. For more than 30 years, his work has contributed to the increased availability of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic genes to assist in the creation of morphine for pharmaceutical use. Dr. Facchini completed his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto before completing Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky in 1992 & Université de Montréal in 1995.