Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Quebec vetoes new chicken allocations


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.