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Fall Harvest 2017: Follow up report

The Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) and the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) would like to again thank our industry participants and sponsors for contributing to the success of our Fall Harvest 2017 meetings on the Hill. In early November, industry...

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NAFTA Update (Following round 5, Mexico City)

CHC continues to monitor NAFTA re-negotiations closely and to actively engage with Canadian negotiators and our counterparts in the U.S. and Mexico, to ensure the Canadian horticulture sector can continue to grow. CHC and CPMA travelled to Mexico City for Round 5,...

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CHC represents employers at annual SAWP review in Barbados

The Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) was recently in Barbados for the 2017 Annual Review Meeting of the Canadian/Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Programme (SAWP). According to Murray Porteous, Chair of CHC’s Labour Committee, it was the “most congenial...

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2017 Mid-Summer Apple Meeting & Orchard Tour

Last July 25 and 26, Quebec's Apple Producers hosted the annual meeting of the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC)'s Canadian apple industry. Representatives from the industry, from the Quebec and Canadian governments and from the other provinces increased their...

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Réunion d’été de l’industrie pomicole 2017

Les 25 et le 26 juillet derniers, Les Producteurs de pommes du Québec ont été les hôtes de la rencontre annuelle de l’industrie pomicole canadienne du Conseil canadien de l’horticulture (CCH). Les représentants de l’industrie, des gouvernements du Québec et du Canada...

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Des représentants gouvernementaux visitent les fermes du PTAS

Des représentants de quatre ministères ou organisations ministérielles ont récemment effectué une excursion dans le comté de Norfolk, connu sous le nom de « jardin de l’Ontario », pour observer le Programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers (PTAS) en action. Des...

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