Government Response to the Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food on the Review of the Canada Grain Act and the Canadian Grain Commission Conducted by COMPAS Inc.

Summary

The Government would like to recognize the work of the Standing Committee on this report on the review of the Canada Grain Act (CGA) and Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) by COMPAS Inc. The work on this report represents a studied and reasoned approach to the issues presented in the COMPAS Inc. review. We congratulate the Standing Committee on working together to provide this unanimous report. The Government has studied the recommendations carefully and has the following response to the recommendations of the Standing Committee.

The Government recognizes that the CGC, at the centre of Canada's grain industry since 1912, is responsible for the development of Canada's grain quality assurance system which is valued and recognized around the world. As the Standing Committee noted, rapidly changing global and domestic markets for grain require that the CGC become a more flexible institution. In that light, the Government is developing proposals for change based on the valuable input of the Committee, the COMPAS recommendations, and other policy considerations.

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