Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation (SOR/79-158)

A Proclamation

Whereas in and by subsection 16(1) of the Farm Products Agencies Act it is provided that the Governor in Council may, by proclamation, establish an agency with powers relating to any farm product or farm products the marketing of which in interprovincial and export trade is not regulated pursuant to the Canadian Wheat Board Act or the Canadian Dairy Commission Act where the Governor in Council is satisfied that a majority of the producers of the farm product or of each of the farm products in Canada is in favour of the establishment of an agency;

And Whereas the Governor in Council is satisfied that a majority of the producers of chickens in Canada is in favour of the establishment of such an agency;

Know You that We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada, do by this Our Proclamation establish an agency, to be known as Chicken Farmers of Canada, consisting of fourteen members appointed in the manner and for the terms set forth in the schedule hereto;

And Know You Further that We are pleased to designate chicken and any part thereof produced in Canada and marketed in interprovincial or export trade as the farm product in relation to which Chicken Farmers of Canada may exercise its powers;

And Know You Further that We are pleased to specify that the manner of designation of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of Chicken Farmers of Canada, the place within Canada where the head office of Chicken Farmers of Canada is situated and the terms of the marketing plan that Chicken Farmers of Canada is empowered to implement shall be as set forth in the schedule hereto;

And Know You Further that this Proclamation and the schedule hereto may be cited as the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation.

Of All Which Our Loving Subjects and all others whom these Presents may concern are hereby required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly.

In Testimony Whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness: The Honourable Roland Almon Ritchie, a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada and Deputy of Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Jules Léger, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit upon whom We have conferred Our Canadian Forces’ Decoration, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

At Ottawa, this twenty-eighth day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight and in the twenty-seventh year of Our Reign.