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Vegetable Oil / Margarine Issues
February 2007
VOIC Plays Significant Role in
Revision of Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating!
February 6, 2007
VOIC Announcement re the Revised Canada's Food
Guide to Healthy Eating
February 22, 2007
Article
from Western Producer re VOIC Presentation to Standing Senate Committee
February 15, 2007
VOIC Presentation to Standing Senate Committee
on Banking, Trade & Commerce re Internal Trade
February 15, 2007
Transcript
of Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade & Commerce re Internal Trade
January 2007
Responses to VOIC Letter to all Ministers of Agriculture
January 19, 2007
VOIC
Letter to all Ministers of Agriculture
November 6, 2006
VOIC
Letter to Federal Minister of Health, Hon. Tony Clement re Final Report of Trans
Fat Task Force
November 1, 2006
Examples of VOIC Member Leadership in Reducing
Trans Fat in Canadian Diet
June 28, 2006
"Health Canada welcomes final report from Trans
Fat Task Force..."
October 4, 2005
Letter
from Hon. Doug Horner in response to VOIC Sept. 9/05 Letter
September 28, 2005
Letter
from Hon. Ed Stelmach in response to VOIC Sept. 9/05 Letter
September 9, 2005
Letter
to Hon. Dombrowsky, Minister of Agriculture re EOPA
August 22, 2005
VOIC News Release
"Internal Trade Panel Report Calls for Immediate Opening of Quebec
Market to Yellow Coloured Margarine"
June 29, 2005
VOIC News Release
"Internal Trade Panel Rules in Favour of Alberta in its Challenge of
Quebec..."
May 6, 2005
VOIC News Release
"Interprovincial Trade Panel to Hear Alberta’s Complaint Regarding
Quebec’s Margarine Colour Regulation"
January 26, 2005
Letter to Hon. Steve Peters,
Minister of Agriculture (Ontario) re EOPA
December 8, 2004
VOIC
News Release
"Agreement
on Internal Trade (AIT) Panel Finds In Favour of Alberta and British Columbia in
Dispute with Ontario..."
November 10, 2004
AIT
Panel Report re Alberta - British Columbia Dispute with Ontario
May 26, 2004
VOIC
News Release
"Western
Provinces Challenge Ontario under Agreement on Internal Trade..."
May 19, 2004
VOIC
Announcement re Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
"Health
Canada Appoints Sean McPhee of VOIC to Advisory Committee re Reform of Canada's
Food Guide to Healthy Eating..."
May 2004
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Advisory Committee Participants
May 6, 2004
VOIC News Release
"Ontario Government Denies
Consumers – Again!"
May 6, 2004
Unilever
Canada News Release
"Supreme
Court of Canada To Hear Unilever's Case..."
May 3, 2002
COPA Letter to Province of Manitoba re Margarine
Colour
March 31, 2004
VOIC
Submission to Health Canada Re: Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Reform
March 10,
2004
Health
Canada
News Release
"Health
Minister Pierre Pettigrew today officially announced that Health Canada will
undertake a revision to Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating..."
December 1,
2003
Unilever
Canada News Release
"Unilever
Applies to the Supreme Court of Canada on Quebec Margarine Colour Ruling"
July 7, 2003
Vegetable
Oil Industry of Canada (VOIC) News Release
"Agriculture Ministers Deny Canadian Consumers Vegetable
Oil-Based Alternatives to Dairy Products: VOIC
Requests Ministers to Meet Outstanding Agreement on Internal Trade Commitments
At July 8th Meeting in Winnipeg"
July
7, 2003
Fact Sheet-Vegetable Oil & the AIT -- A History of
Missed Deadlines & Unfulfilled Commitments
December
12, 2002
Ontario
Legislature Gives
One-year Extension on Repeal of Edible Oil Products Act
December 5,
2002
Canadian
Oilseed Industry News Release
"Canola
Growers and Processors Ask Western Provinces to Crackdown on Quebec
Butter. Quebec
Reneges on Dispute Resolution Process on Margarine Colour Complaint"
August 15,
2002
Canadian
Oilseed Industry News Release
"Canada's
Oilseed Industry Asks Western Provinces to Join Ontario in Challenging Quebec's
Margarine Colour Restriction"
March 25,
2002
Unilever
Canada Media Advisory, March 25, 2002
"Quebec
Margarine Colour Appeal Set for Today"
March 20,
2002
Unilever
Canada News Release
"Quebec
Margarine Colour Appeal Set for March 25, 2002"
December
2001
EOFAC
Is Successful -- Bill 87 is Passed
December 3,
2001
EOFAC
News Release
"Ontario to Repeal
Restriction on Consumer Choice; Dairy
Farmers’ Opposition to Ontario’s Food Safety and Quality Act Jeopardizes
Consumer Choice"
November 29,
2001
EOFAC
News Release
"Removal of
Provincial Trade Barriers A Win For Consumers; Ontario’s Bill 87 to Repeal
Protectionist Edible Oil Products Act"
November
2001
Unilever
Canada Submission to the Standing
Committee on Justice and Social Policy Ontario Legislative Assembly Re:
Repeal of Ontario's Edible Oil Products Act Under Bill 87, Food Safety &
Quality Act
December
1999
Unilever
Canada Submission
to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Re: Recommendations For
Amendments to Registration Rules under the Canada Income Tax Act Applicable to
Registered Pension Plans
September 9,
1999
Unilever Canada
News Release
"Unilever Appeals Quebec Margarine Colour
Decision"
August 31,
1998
Unilever Canada
News Release
"Quebec Margarine Trial Date Set for
December"
July 6, 1998
Unilever
Canada News Release
"Ice Cream
Manufacturers Applaud Trade Tribunal Decision on Butteroil Sugar Blends:
Imported Blends Keep Consumer Prices Low"
April 1,
1998
Unilever
Canada News Release
"Ice Cream Producers
Set the Record Straight on Butteroil Sugar Blends"
April 6,
1998
Unilever
Canada News Release
"Imported Butteroil
Sugar Blends Keep Canadian Ice Cream Prices Low: Contrary to Statements of
Dairy Farmers of Canada, Retail Prices Flat or Declining Since 1995"
February 5,
1998
Unilever Canada
News Release
"Unilever Files Motion Against Quebec
Attorney General for Failure to Repeal Colour Restriction and Illegal Margarine
Seizure: Colour Restriction violates NAFTA, Agreement on Internal Trade,
Charter of Rights and Freedoms"
December 8,
1997
Unilever Canada
News Release
"Unilever to Legally Challenge Quebec
Government on Yellow Margarine Seizure"
May 30, 1997
Unilever Canada
News Release
"Election Issue - Margarine Producer
Calls of Federal Leaders to Reassert Support for Internal Trade Barrier
Reduction: Quebec Margarine Colour Issue an Opportunity to Demonstrate
Leadership"
June 1996
Unilever
Canada: The Case for Interprovincial Harmonization, June 1996, Executive
Summary
June 1996
Unilever
Canada: The Case for Interprovincial Harmonization, June 1996, Full
Position Paper
November 7,
1995
Scott Paper
News Release
"Scott Paper Files Claim Against Procter
& Gamble For Misleading Consumers in Paper Towel Advertising"
May 23, 1995
Marsh & McLennan
News Release
"Privatize
Workers' Compensation System Says Canada's Leading Workers' Compensation
Consultants:
Marsh
& McLennan outlines five-point plan to eliminate massive $11.4 billion
unfunded liability and pave road for a private system"
May 1995
Reforming Workers' Compensation in
Ontario: A Challenge to the Next Provincial Government, May 1995,
Executive Summary
Fourth
Annual Advertising and
Marketing Law Conference
Strategic
Use of Public Relations in the Legal Process (Slide Show --
PPT)
Sean
McPhee Notes for Remarks re Above February 19, 2002
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