The Ontario
branch of the National Farmers Union has gained re-accreditation from the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal.
The decision
came a week after the tribunal granted re-accreditations for the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture and the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario.
No-one
appeared to object or ask questions during public hearings.
When the NFU originally
applied, it faced close scrutiny over its independence from the NFU head office
in Saskatoon and its accreditation was delayed until it could provide more
information and clarifications about how the two operate.
It was
granted re-accreditation three years ago under a list of terms and conditions
and the tribunal has renewed them this time for the next three-year term.
