Location: Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel, 101 Lyon St. N, Ottawa
Sunday March 5th
3:00pm – 5:00pm: Registration Open (International Ballroom)
7:00pm – 10:00pm: Welcome Reception hosted by Spirits Canada (Location: Canada 2020 Building, 35 O’Connor St., 3rd Floor)
Monday March 6th
7:45am – 4:00pm: Registration Open (International Ballroom)
Morning Workshops – Pre-registration required
8:30am – 12:00pm: Professional Development Workshop (Ballroom A) – Sponsored by MNP (Click here for the panel agenda) (Click here for speaker bios)
8:30am – 12:00pm: Policy Workshop (Ballroom B/C) (Click here for the agenda) (Click here for speaker bios)
10:15am – 10:30am: Health Break
12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch
Plenary Sessions FOR ALL ATTENDEES (BALLROOM B/C)
1:00pm – 1:10pm: AGM Opening Remarks & Welcome Video – Mary Robinson, CFA President
1:10pm – 1:20pm: CFA Business
- Meeting Arrangements and Procedures
- Adoption of Agenda
- Approval of 2022 Annual General Meeting Minutes
Click here to read the biographies of the political speakers at the CFA AGM.
1:20pm – 1:40pm: Remarks from the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau
1:40pm – 2:05pm: CFA Business (continued)
- 2022 Financial Report – KPMG
- Approval of KPMG as 2023 Auditors
- Changing of Articles of Incorporation
2:05pm – 2:20pm: CFA Elections
- CFA President
- CFA 1st Vice-President
- CFA 2nd Vice-President
2:20pm – 2:25pm: Election of the CFA Board of Directors
2:25pm – 2:55pm: CFA Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027 – Mary Robinson & Intersol Group
2:55pm – 3:15pm: Remarks from the Leader of the New Democratic Party – Jagmeet Singh
3:15pm – 3:30pm: Health Break
3:30pm – 3:50pm: Remarks from the Leader of the Green Party of Canada -Elizabeth May
3:50pm – 4:10pm: Remarks from the Leader of the Bloc Québécois – Yves-François Blanchet
4:10pm – 4:30pm: Remarks from the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada – The Honourable Pierre Poilievre
4:30pm – 5:00pm: CFA Farewell Address to President Mary Robinson – Keith Currie, President-Elect
5:00pm – 5:20pm: Board Photo – Board members are asked to meet at the front of the International Ballroom
*Photographer will take photos of other groups upon request for $100+HST. Please contact catherine.burns@canadian-farmers.ca ahead of time to arrange.
6:00pm – 8:00pm: President’s Reception (Location: Pinnacle Room at the Delta Hotel) – Exclusive Sponsor – Railway Association of Canada
Tuesday March 7th
7:00am – 8:15am Corporate Leaders Breakfast (by invitation only, Panorama Room)
8:00am – 4:00pm: Registration Open
Plenary Sessions FOR ALL ATTENDEES (BALLROOM B/C)
8:30am – 8:45am: Farm Credit Canada Update – Justine Hendricks, President & CEO, Farm Credit Canada
8:45am – 8:50am: DOTS Test Question
8:50am – 10:45am: Health Break
10:45am – 12:30pm: Resolutions (continued)
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm – 2:45pm: Live with Real Agriculture Radio: Innovation & Resilience in Agriculture – Sponsored by RBC
2:45pm – 3:05pm: Brigid Rivoire Mental Health Award
- Award Recipient Speech
- Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing Announcement – Briana Hagen
3:05pm – 3:20pm: Health Break
3:20pm – 4:45pm: PANEL: Examining the Current AG Landscape: Challenges & Opportunities – Sponsored by Fertilizer Canada
- Tom Rosser, Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Karen Proud, President, Fertilizer Canada
- Sukhpaul Bal, President, B.C. Cherry Association
4:45pm – 5:00pm – North American European Union Farm Leaders Conference Update – Mary Robinson (Registration for this event available at www.naeu2023.ca)
5:00pm – 5:10pm: Closing Remarks – Mary Robinson, Keith Currie
