British Columbia Order in Council — Order under Farm Income Insurance The Minister to sign the Canada-British Columbia Framework Agreement on Agricultural Risk Management - Amending Agreement No (O.C. 502/2001)

O.C. 502/2001

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Co'uncThlo. 502 , Approved and Ordered ApR 1 7 2 Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned. the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that approval is given to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries and Minister Responsible for Rural Development, on behalf of the Province, to sign the Canada-British Columbia Framework Agreement on Agricultural Risk Management — Amending Agreement No. 1, substantially in the form attached.

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries and Minister Responsible for Rural Development Presiding Member • f the ve Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Farm Income Insurance Act (RSBC 1996, c. 130, s. 5) Other (specify): gs4Clo■1\-2) .

DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION WITH PROVINCES March 16, 2001 CANADA-PROVINCE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURAL RISK MANAGEMENT AMENDING AGREEMENT NO. 1 THIS AMENDING AGREEMENT made this day of , 2001. BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF: CANADA (referred to as "Canada"), as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, OF THE FIRST PART; - and - 7HE PROVINCE (referred to as "the Province"), as represented by the appropriate Minister(s), OF THE SECOND PART.

WHEREAS the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister entered into a Canada- Province Framework Agreement on Agricultural Risk Management on July , 2000, (referred to as the "Agreement") for the purpose of negotiating and managing agricultural risk management programs for farmers;

WHEREAS both parties agree to fully participate in all aspects of agricultural risk management programming as provided for under the Agreement;

WHEREAS both parties have the necessary legislative authorities to enter into this Amending Agreement;

WHEREAS separate agreements which will be the same as this Amending Agreement in all material aspects shall be concluded between Canada and other Provinces; THEREFORE the parties agree as follows: Canada-Province Framework Agreement on Agricultural Risk Management - Amendment No. I

- 2 - 1.

Subsection 5.1 of the Agreement is revoked and the following substituted therefor: 5.1 Federal funding for risk management programming Canada's commitment under this Agreement is to provide funding for risk management programming across all Signatory Provinces as follows: $500 million for General Risk Management Programming, specifically for expenditures relating to economic hardships experienced by the agricultural community in the year 2000 that occurred prior to April 1, 2001, as allocated to Signatory Provinces in fiscal year 2000-01, on the condition that no federal contribution will be made to a province until it has signed the federal-provincial agreement providing for Income Disaster Assistance Programming; $665 million for General Risk Management Programming as allocated to Signatory Provinces in each of the fiscal years 2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03 plus an additional amount in annual funding committed by Canada to maintain the allocations to Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick at not less than $195.2 million, $75.6 million and $4.9 million respectively; and $435 million for Income Disaster Assistance Programming for each of the 2000, 2001, and 2002 stabilization (tax) years. 2.

Paragraphs 6.2(

a) to (

c) are renumbered to become paragraphs 6.2(

b) to (d). 3. The following is added to the Agreement as paragraph 6.2(a): (

a) The share of the $500 million for General Risk Management Programming for fiscal year 2000-01 for each of the Signatory Provinces shall be calculated as: its proportionate share of one-half of the total amount, on the basis of its share of the moving average of market receipts, excluding receipts from dairy products, poultry and eggs, over the preceding five years (starting with the period 1994 through 1998) as published by Statistics Canada for all Signatory Provinces; plus Canada-Province Framework Agreement on Agricultural Risk Management - Amendment No. 1

- 3 - its proportionate share of one-half of the total amount, on the basis of its share of the moving average of farm cash receipts, excluding receipts from dairy products, poultry and eggs, over the preceding five years (starting with the period 1994 through 1998) as published by Statistics Canada for all Signatory Provinces. 4. Renumbered paragraph 6.2(

b) of the Agreement is revoked and the following substituted therefor: (

b) The allocation for Newfoundland and Labrador from the $665 million for General Risk Management Programming shall be $2.35 million for each fiscal year. 5. In all other respects the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed and is in full force and effect. 6. This Amending Agreement is to be read together with and forms part of the Agreement. 7. This Amending Agreement comes into force and is effective upon date of signing. Canada-Province Framework Agreement on Agricultural Risk Management - Amendment No. I

- 4 -

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement is duly executed by the authorized representatives of the parties. WITNESS SIGNATURE DATE Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Provincial Minister responsible for agriculture other provincial ministers as necessary Canada-Province Framework Agreement on Agricultural Risk Management - Amendment No. 1

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 502/2001
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0502 2001
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	88323d383d152c9318487c1b0412f1897f59e754

Source file is stored in the law ingest library (pdf).