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A reminder that Delegates must check in on both days.

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

12:00 p.m. Lunch and Registration*

1:00 p.m. Opening Session of Annual General Meeting

• Session Chair: John de Bruyn

1:15 p.m. North American Pork Market: Economic Drivers and Analysis

• Steve Meyer, Kerns and Associates, Iowa

2:00 p.m. Workforce Trends: Inter-Generational Differences and Their Impacts on Workplace Dynamics

• Sean Lyons, Professor, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics

2:45 p.m. Nutritional Break

3:00 p.m. Government of Canada’s Trade Agenda

• Axel Ndayisaba, Director of the Trade Negotiations Division, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

3:45 p.m. Consumer Trends

• John Cranfield, Professor, University of Guelph

4:30 p.m. Reception

6:30 p.m. Dinner Banquet and Awards

Entertainment

• Freddy Proia, Stand-Up Comedian

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

8:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration*

8:45 a.m. Honourable Lisa Thompson (invited)

• Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

9:00 a.m. Call to Order – Business Meeting

• Opening Remarks – John de Bruyn
• Financial Report – Jim Weir
• Auditor’s Report – RLB LLP

9:45 a.m. Operations Report

• Ken Ovington – General Manager

10:00 a.m. Questions and Answers

10:15 a.m. Advocacy for Agriculture – Speaking to the Government

• John Milloy, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University

11:00 a.m. Nutritional Break

11:15 a.m. Canadian Pork Council Update

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Resolutions

2:30 p.m. Wrap-up Session and Closing Remarks

• John de Bruyn

*Delegates must check in on both days.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ontario-pork-annual-general-meeting-2023-tickets-528566756397