A Message From the AAC Chair

On April 11, the AAC was verbally notified by staff at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada that the current Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) will expire March 2014 and that there is no role for the regional councils in the delivery of future federally funded programs.

The impact of this decision will not be felt immediately as the current CAAP program remains open.

•All current CAAP projects, project timelines and funding allocations will remain unchanged.
•All proposals currently waiting board review will be reviewed as scheduled.
•The CAAP program remains open and applications are still being accepted. Please contact the AAC staff to discuss your project ideas. Program details can be found here.
•All projects must be completed by October 2013.

FUTURE PROGRAMMING:

Ontario's AAC is one of 14 regional councils representing every Canadian province and territory. The decision to abandon regional council delivery of future federal funding is disappointing news to the agriculture and agri-food industry.

The AAC's success as an industry-led, arms length delivery agent has been based on the Council's ability to respond quickly, appropriately, and ...