Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal
Tribunal d’appel de l’agriculture, de l’alimentation et des affaires rurales
1 Stone Road West / 1, chemin Stone Ouest Guelph, (Ontario) N1G 4Y2 Tel: (519) 826-3433, Fax: (519) 826-4232 Email: appeals.tribunal.omafra@ontario.ca
APPEAL: Ontario Federation of Agriculture Reaccreditation - Revised Interim Order
OFA Reaccreditation – Revised Interim Order 2011 ONAFRAAT 23
STATUTE: Farm Registration and Farm Organizations Funding Act, 1993
HEARING: Extension Request
2011-23
NEUTRAL CITATION: 2011 ONAFRAAT 23
REVISED INTERIM ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE SUBMISSIONS
IN THE MATTER OF: SECTIONS 4 AND 5 OF THE FARM REGISTRATION AND FARM ORGANIZATIONS FUNDING ACT, 1993.
AND IN THE MATTER OF: An application to the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) under Section 4(2) of the Act for renewal of its accreditation under the Act;
AND IN THE MATTER OF: An Interim Order of the Tribunal dated June 29, 2011 whereby the Tribunal invited submissions to be filed by July 29, 2011 as to the proper interpretation of the Act and Ontario Regulation 723/93 regarding the payment to be provided to the Ministry under section 21(1) of the Act and membership fees;
AND IN THE MATTER OF: A request by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, with the consent of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, the National Farmers Union, and the Ontario Federation of Ontario, for an extension of the date to file submissions from July 29, 2011 to August 29, 2011.
Before: Kirk Walstedt, Chair; Mary Field, Member; Jane Sadler Richards, Member
Order of the Tribunal
The Tribunal hereby amends its order of June 29, 2011 and orders that:
- By Monday, August 29, 2011 the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the National Farmers Union – Ontario, the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario and the Ministry, including its agencies, file with the Tribunal and serve on each other their submissions, if any, regarding the matters outlined in the Tribunal’s Interim Order dated June 29, 2011.
Dated at Guelph, Ontario this 12th day of July, 2011