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Under the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Act (proposed changes to select provisions in bold)
Purpose of Act
- The purpose of this Act is to provide for the control and regulation in any or all aspects of the producing and marketing within Ontario of farm products including the prohibition of such producing or marketing in whole or in part. R.S.O. 1990, c. F.9, s. 2. [The act also provides for the collection and analysis of food consumption data and the linking of production, distribution and marketing to achieve more optimal food consumption and its associated health improvements]
7.1.25. providing for the establishment in connection with any plan, of negotiating agencies that may be empowered to adopt or settle by agreement any or all of the following matters:
- minimum prices for the regulated product or for any class, variety, grade or size of the regulated product,
- terms, conditions and forms of agreements relating to the producing or marketing of the regulated product,
[the establishment of virtual market places for the exchange of regulated products between buyers and sellers of goods destined for domestic consumption]
[Participation of buyers and sellers of regulated goods within the market place is mandatory.]
Regulations vesting powers in local board
- (1)The Commission may make regulations vesting in any local board any powers that the Commission considers necessary or advisable to enable such local board effectively to promote, regulate and control the producing or marketing of the regulated product, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations,
(a) vesting in any local board any or all of the following powers,
(i) to direct and control, by order or direction either as principal or agent, the producing or marketing of the regulated product, including the times and places at which the regulated product may be produced or marketed,
(ii) to determine the quality of each class, variety, grade and size of the regulated product that shall be marketed by each producer,
(iii) to prohibit the marketing of any class, variety, grade or size of the regulated product,
(iv) to determine from time to time the price or prices that shall be paid to producers or to the local board, as the case may be, for the regulated product or any class, variety, grade or size of the regulated product and to determine different prices for different parts of Ontario [accounting for optimal nutritional requirements and demand]
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Table 6: Changes to provincial legislation to enable construction of demand-supply coordination structures and mechanisms, with Ontario as an example
