Resolution

WHEREAS the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) is a five-year (2014-2019) funding program that supports industry-led projects to help the agricultural sector adapt to challenges and seize opportunities;

WHEREAS administration of the CAAP program previously belonged to the provincial agricultural councils, which include representation from producers of all sectors, industry, and both levels of government;

WHEREAS in 2014, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) assumed full administrative authority for this program, including project approval;

WHEREAS the centralization of CAAP has made the program less relevant to the regional and sector specific needs of Saskatchewan agriculture;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS lobby the federal government to return the administration of the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) to the provincial agriculture councils.