Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Proclamation (SOR/87-40)

A Proclamation

Whereas in and by subsection 17(1) of the Farm Products Marketing Agencies Act it is provided that the Governor in Council may by proclamation establish an agency with powers relating to any farm product or farm products the marketing of which in interprovincial and export trade is not regulated pursuant to the Canadian Wheat Board Act or the Canadian Dairy Commission Act where she is satisfied that a majority of the producers of the farm product or of each of the farm products in Canada is in favour of the establishment of an agency;

And Whereas the Governor in Council is satisfied that a majority of the producers in Canada of broiler hatching eggs and chicks produced for chicken production is in favour of the establishment of such an agency;

Now Know You that We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada, do by this Our Proclamation establish an agency, to be known as Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, consisting of eight members appointed in the manner and for the terms set forth in the schedule hereto.

And Know You Further that We are pleased to specify that the farm products in relation to which Canadian Hatching Egg Producers may exercise its powers are broiler hatching eggs and chicks produced for chicken production, and such powers may be exercised in relation to

• (a) broiler hatching eggs and chicks produced in the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta for chicken production and marketed in interprovincial or export trade; and

• (b) broiler hatching eggs and chicks produced for chicken production in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador as well as Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut and shipped into the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta in interprovincial trade and not for export.

And Know You Further that We are pleased to specify that Canadian Hatching Egg Producers shall not, in relation to chicks produced for chicken production, be authorized to exercise its powers pursuant to section 22 of the Farm Products Agencies Act, save and except to make such orders and regulations as it considers necessary

• (a) to implement a quota system for persons engaged in the marketing of chicks produced in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador or Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut for chicken production and marketed in the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta;

• (b) to establish a system for the licensing, for information purposes, of persons engaged in the marketing of chicks produced for chicken production; and

• (c) to require a person engaged in the marketing of chicks produced for chicken production to deduct, from any amount payable by the person to a broiler hatching egg producer, any levies or charges payable to Canadian Hatching Egg Producers by the producer and to remit all amounts so deducted to Canadian Hatching Egg Producers.

And Know You Further that We are pleased to specify that the manner of designation of the chairman and vice-chairman of Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, the place within Canada where the head office of Canadian Hatching Egg Producers is situated and the terms of the marketing plan that Canadian Hatching Egg Producers is empowered to implement shall be as set forth in the schedule hereto.

And Know You Further that We are pleased to specify that this Proclamation and the schedule hereto may be cited as the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Proclamation.

Of All Which Our Loving Subjects and all others whom these Presents may concern are hereby required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly.

In Testimony Whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness: Our Right Trusty and Well beloved Jeanne Sauvé, a Member of Our Privy Council for Canada, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit upon whom We have conferred Our Canadian Forces’ Decoration, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

At Our Government House, in Our City of Ottawa, this twenty-second day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six and in the thirty-fifth year of Our Reign.

By Command,

MARK R. DANIELS

Deputy Registrar General of Canada