Food and Beverage Ontario

Chief advocate & voice for Ontario's food and beverage processing sector.

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This FPT stakeholder roundtable with Minister Jones takes place ahead of the full FPT, which will be held in Halifax in July.

Thank you to Minister Jones and @AgricultureON officials for seeking our input.

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Food and beverage processing was well-represented at the Ontario Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Roundtable consultation today.

The Ontario FPT Roundtable is an opportunity to share information on challenges that the sector is facing and highlight industry opportunities.

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Food and Beverage Ontario's CEO Chris Conway, as well as @FHCP_PASC's CEO Michael Graydon, and @MeatPoultryON's Board Chair / FBO Board Member Doug Alexander were among the sector stakeholders who joined Minister @TrevorJonesCKL at the roundtable.

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Together with @FoodBevCanada and our provincial counterparts, we are ready to work with governments and industry colleagues to advance the interests of Ontario's largest manufacturing sector — representing more than 4,000 processors and 120,000 jobs.

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The federal government's recent announcement of "𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮" — Canada's first National Food Security Strategy — is an important step toward strengthening our national food system and enhancing food security.

We recognize

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🔹A greater emphasis on food and beverage processing
🔹Meaningful action to address the ongoing labour shortages facing processors
🔹Measurable KPIs backed by detailed implementation plans going forward

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@FoodPSCanada's Crisis-Ready Interventionist Certification Program starts June 16.

Practical workplace crisis response training for supervisors, HR, and health & safety teams. $399, 14 hrs PD, HRPA-accredited.

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#WorkplaceSafety #Manufacturing

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@DavidPiccini @nolanmquinn Thank you to Daniel Tisch, CEO @OntarioCofC , & the @MBOTOntario, @BramptonBOT, @hamiltonchamber, Barrie Chamber of Commerce, Tillsonburg District Chamber of Commerce, & Leamington District Chamber of Commerce for your participation & contributions to the roundtable discussion.

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Thank you to the @OntarioCofC for including FBO's CEO, Chris Conway in their Advocacy Day at Queens Park yesterday. Chris also moderated an OCC Roundtable on Trade Diversification and Global Access.

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The session on Cultivating Qualified and Diverse Talent featuring Ministers @DavidPiccini and @nolanmquinn was also very informative and relevant to the work we are doing through our CareersNOW! program.

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After all of the excitement from another terrific FBO conference, we'd like to extend our deep appreciation for the engagement of our members as well as our directors who joined us for yesterday's annual general meeting.

The meeting was insightful and we look forward to a productive year supporting the growth and interest of Ontario's food and beverage processing industry!

From left to right:

Michael Burrows (Maple Lodge Farms), Jason Body (Give and Go Prepared Foods), Lauren Beerman (Gay Lea Foods), Sarah Acchione (Italpasta), Jose Medina (The Original Cakerie), Crystal Howe (Ice River Sustainable Solutions), Cynthia L. (Cargill), Nimal Amitirigala (Grace Foods Canada), Chris Conway, LLB, MBA (Food and Beverage Ontario), Sarab Hans (Hans Dairy Inc), Doug Alexander (Belmont Food Group), Stephanie Minna Cass (Ferrero), Graeme Macdonald, MBA (Griffith Foods)