Tom Callaghan

The appellant appealed a pricing order by the respondent marketing board that increased the price of live turkeys.

The appellant argued for a smaller price increase due to weak market conditions and lower processor margins.

The respondent justified the larger increase based on higher feed costs incurred by producers.

The Tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding that the increase in feed costs warranted the respondent's price increases and that the timing of the increase during the festive season would allow processors to pass costs onto customers.

The appellant, a hatching egg producer, appealed a decision by the Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Commission (OBHECC) to reduce his production potential for the 2000 and 2001 breeder placement cycle years, and challenged OBHECC's policy of averaging hatching egg production across all breeds to determine chick placements.

The appellant argued this policy created inequities due to the lower productivity of the Cobb breed he was assigned.

The Tribunal found that while a disparity in breed productivity existed, OBHECC had acted responsibly by developing a new breed indexing policy for 2002.

The Tribunal declined to make the policy retroactive or reverse the 2001 cutbacks, finding no gross inequity or unique economic hardship justifying intervention.

The appeal was denied.