OFA provided comments to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agri-Business regarding Compliance Modernization – Proposed Amendments to Regulation 950 to Expand the Ability to Issue Tickets.
OFA agrees with the need to hold the people of Ontario accountable to the rules. We believe that OMAFA’s current progressive compliance approach that begins with education and awareness, then moves to warnings and compliance orders before moving to licence suspension or prosecution, must remain as the standard approach to enforcing legislation, with the issuance of tickets falling after compliance orders to capture recurring offences.
OFA highly recommends further consultation with the agricultural sector regarding the value of the fines and establishing a system for appeals.