Harry Pelissero, general manager of the Egg Farmers of
Ontario marketing board, is circulating a secret proposal to change the board’s
quota-lending policy.
It would favour the largest 100 quota holders with
additional quota.
The other 223 quota holders would be able to fill their
barns to capacity.
Under Pelissero’s proposal, quota holders would be able to
lease 735 birds each at $7.30 per bird per year.
However, he calculates that 223 of the board’s 323 quota
holders don’t have enough space for all 735 additional birds.
Whatever total is not taken up by these 223 will then be
made available to those who do have space until all of the quota is distributed.
Pelissero says he thinks this proposal will meet approval
from both the Ontario government’s Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission
and from the national agency because it aims to fill Ontario’s production
rights and obligations.
Pelissero’s information for qutoa holders comes with this
warning:
“This
transmission is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is
specifically addressed above and must not be read by, or delivered to anyone
else. It may contain privileged or confidential information, the disclosure or
other use of which may result in the breach of certain laws or the infringement
of the rights of third parties. If you have received this transmission in error
or have not received it in its entirety, please call this office at (905) 858-9790 immediately.”
It’s not clear why a
policy proposal that’s shared with all quota holders needs to be kept secret.
Pelissero and the egg
marketing board are currently under an investigation into governance issues.
