{"id":41544,"date":"2026-10-15T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/?p=41544"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:17:00","slug":"fvgc-advocates-for-grower-priorities-during-lobby-days-ahead-of-fall-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2026\/10\/15\/fvgc-advocates-for-grower-priorities-during-lobby-days-ahead-of-fall-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Les PFLC d\u00e9fendent les priorit\u00e9s des producteurs lors de journ\u00e9es de lobbying avant le budget d'automne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Au cours d\u2019une intense session de lobbying de deux jours, les 6 et 7 octobre, le personnel des PFLC et les quatre pr\u00e9sidents des groupes de travail charg\u00e9s du plaidoyer (Beth Connery \u2013 Main-d\u2019\u0153uvre, Chris Duyvelshoff \u2013 Protection des cultures, Catherine Lessard \u2013 GRE et Jason Whitcher \u2013 \u00c9changes commerciaux and Comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9 Working Group) ont rencontr\u00e9 des hauts fonctionnaires gouvernementaux, des \u00e9lus et des conseillers politiques, en amont de l\u2019annonce pr\u00e9vue du budget d\u2019automne du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les r\u00e9unions ont offert une tribune pour \u00e9changer avec les d\u00e9cideurs politiques et ont mis en lumi\u00e8re les pressions croissantes qui p\u00e8sent sur les producteurs de fruits et l\u00e9gumes partout au Canada, notamment les d\u00e9fis li\u00e9s \u00e0 la hausse des co\u00fbts des intrants (diesel et engrais), aux conditions m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques extr\u00eames, aux enjeux li\u00e9s \u00e0 la main-d'\u0153uvre et \u00e0 l'incertitude commerciale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dans le but ultime d\u2019int\u00e9grer une perspective alimentaire \u00e0 l'ensemble d\u00e9cisionnel du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, les PFLC ont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 leurs quatre demandes prioritaires lors des r\u00e9unions :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offrir un acc\u00e8s plus rapide \u00e0 des outils de protection des cultures efficaces;<\/li>\n<li>Moderniser les programmes de GRE afin d\u2019y inclure des mesures d\u2019att\u00e9nuation;<\/li>\n<li>Maintenir l'ACEUM et traiter les fruits et l\u00e9gumes p\u00e9rissables comme une priorit\u00e9 distincte lors de perturbations commerciales; et<\/li>\n<li>Prot\u00e9ger la stabilit\u00e9 de la main-d\u2019\u0153uvre pour la production de fruits et l\u00e9gumes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les minist\u00e8res, bureaux et responsables participants comptaient notamment Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, le Commerce Canada-\u00c9tats-Unis et les Affaires intergouvernementales, Emploi et D\u00e9veloppement social Canada, Affaires mondiales Canada, Sant\u00e9 Canada, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 John Barlow (Comit\u00e9 permanent de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire) ainsi que la s\u00e9natrice Mary Robinson (pr\u00e9sidente du Comit\u00e9 s\u00e9natorial permanent de l'agriculture et des for\u00eats).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab Les rencontres que nous avons eues au cours de ces deux jours ont \u00e9t\u00e9 une excellente occasion de nous asseoir avec les dirigeants politiques et les d\u00e9cideurs afin de partager les opportunit\u00e9s qui s'offrent \u00e0 notre secteur, et de discuter des pressions croissantes auxquelles font face les producteurs \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Stephen Heckbert, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des PFLC. \u00ab Nous sommes impatients de poursuivre notre travail de plaidoyer aupr\u00e8s du gouvernement pour renforcer notre secteur et veiller \u00e0 ce que les besoins de nos membres soient pris en compte dans les politiques f\u00e9d\u00e9rales. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En tant que porte-parole de l\u2019industrie canadienne des fruits et l\u00e9gumes, les PFLC continueront de d\u00e9fendre les int\u00e9r\u00eats de leurs producteurs pour assurer l\u2019avenir de la production canadienne de fruits et l\u00e9gumes et garantir la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire de tous les Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pour plus d\u2019informations, veuillez communiquer avec la personne suivante :<\/strong><br \/>\nMatthew Perry<br \/>\nGestionnaire, politiques et communications<br \/>\nProducteurs de fruits et l\u00e9gumes du Canada<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mperry@fvgc.ca\">mperry@fvgc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Les Producteurs de fruits et l\u00e9gumes du Canada (PFLC) repr\u00e9sentent des producteurs \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle du pays qui cultivent plus de 120 types de cultures diff\u00e9rentes, notamment des pommes, des fruits tendres, des raisins, des petits fruits, des cultures mara\u00eech\u00e8res, des pommes de terre et des l\u00e9gumes cultiv\u00e9s en serre. 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