Vol. 135, No. 14 — July 4, 2001

Registration
SOR/2001-240 22 June, 2001

CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD ACT

Regulations Amending the Canadian Wheat Board Regulations

P.C. 2001-1182 22 June, 2001

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of this Minister of Natural Resources, pursuant to subparagraph 32(1)(b)(i)(see footnote a) subsection 47(2) and section 61 of the Canadian Wheat Board Act, hereby makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Canadian Wheat Board Regulations.

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD REGULATIONS

AMENDMENT

1. Subsections 26(1) to (4)(see footnote 1) of the Canadian Wheat Board Regulations (see footnote 2) are replaced by the following:

26. (1) The Corporation shall pay to producers selling and delivering wheat produced in the designated area to the Corporation the following sums certain per tonne basis in storage in Vancouver or Lower St. Lawrence, in respect of the grade Number 1 Canada Western Red Spring (12.5 % protein content):

(2) The Corporation shall pay to producers selling and delivering wheat produced in the designated area to the Corporation the following sums certain per tonne basis in storage in Vancouver or Lower St. Lawrence, in respect of the grade Number 1 Canada Western Amber Durum (12.5 % protein content):

(3) The Corporation shall pay to producers selling and delivering barley produced in the designated area to the Corporation the following sums certain per tonne basis in storage in Vancouver or Lower St. Lawrence, in respect of the grade Number 1 Canada Western:

(4) The Corporation shall pay to producers selling and delivering barley produced in the designated area to the Corporation the following sums certain per tonne basis in storage in Vancouver or Lower St. Lawrence, in respect of the grade Special Select Canada Western Two-Row selected and accepted for use as pot barley or in malting or pearling:

COMING INTO FORCE

2. These Regulations come into force on the fifth day after the day on which they are registered.

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

(This statement is not part of the Regulations.)

Description

Section 26 establishes in the Canadian Wheat Board Regulations the initial payments to be paid upon delivery for grains delivered to The Canadian Wheat Board. The amendment establishes a higher initial payment for the base grades of wheat (an increase of $14 per metric tonne), amber durum wheat (an increase of $26 per metric tonne), barley (an increase of $6 per metric tonne) and designated barley (an increase of $6 per metric tonne) for the 2000-2001 crop year. The Canadian Wheat Board advises that, upon review of the wheat, amber durum wheat, barley and designated barley pool accounts, increases in the initial payments are recommended.

Alternatives

In addition to the increases, the option of retaining the existing initial payments for wheat, amber durum wheat, barley and designated barley was considered. Maintaining the initial payments at current levels is not in keeping with The Canadian Wheat Board's objective of putting money in farmers' hands as quickly as possible when sales from pools are sufficient to allow this to be done without risk.

Benefits and Costs

The higher initial payments will represent increased revenues to wheat and barley producers for their deliveries to The Canadian Wheat Board. If producers deliver to the pool accounts 15.4 million tonnes of wheat, 3.7 million tonnes of amber durum wheat, 525,000 tonnes of barley and 2.3 million tonnes of designated barley during the 2000-2001 crop year, then these initial payment adjustments would represent about $290 million in additional grain receipts for wheat and barley producers. The initial payments established by this Regulation relate to the returns anticipated from the market and thus transmit the appropriate market signals to producers. There is no environmental impact of this amendment.

Consultation

This amendment has been recommended by The Canadian Wheat Board and discussed with the Department of Finance.

Compliance and Enforcement

There is no compliance and enforcement mechanism. This Regulation governs payments made to grain producers for deliveries made under the Canadian Wheat Board Regulations governing delivery permits and quota acres.

Contact

Craig Fulton
Senior Commodity Officer
Grains and Oilseeds Division
International Markets Bureau
Market and Industry Services Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Sir John Carling Building
930 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C5
Telephone: (613) 759-7698
FAX: (613) 759-7476

Footnote a

S.C. 1995, c. 31, s. 2(1)

Footnote 1

SOR/2001-151

Footnote 2

C.R.C., c. 397

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