Thursday, August 16, 2018

Farm organizations to face tribunal

Ontario’s three biggest general farm organizations have been called to answer to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeals Tribunal on Sept. 28.

Their certifications to enable them to collect membership fees are up for review.

The three are the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario and the Ontario branch of the National Farmers Union.

The tribunal traditionally requires the organizations to provide accounting for what they have done with the money they collected and how they serve the interest of farmers.