Quebec has voted against a proposal from Alberta and
supported by Ontario to increase their allocations from the national agency to
reflect provincial population changes.
Under the proposal, Alberta’s allocation would have
increased by about four per cent and Ontario’s by about seven per cent, but
Quebec’s would have declined.
The next round of allocations is due for decision when the
Chicken Farmers of Canada meets in March.
The Quebec marketing board has contacted me to
deny my report that Quebec has been requesting 2.5 million kilograms be moved from
Ontario to Quebec to take account of historic production from the Ottawa Valley
that has been marketed to processors in Quebec.
