An Act authorizing agreements between the Government of Canada and the provinces to provide for protection for the income of producers of agricultural products and to enable the Government of Canada to take additional measures for that purpose
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Marginal note: Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Farm Income Protection Act .
Marginal note: Definitions
2 In this Act,
, unless the context indicates otherwise, means an agreement entered into under subsection 4(1); ( accord )
means a program for the insurance of specified agricultural products against loss from natural causes that is established by the laws of a province and administered by the province; ( assurance-récolte )
has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bank Act ; ( institution financière )
means a program that combines the protection offered by a crop insurance program and the protection offered by a revenue insurance program; ( régime universel )
means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; ( ministre )
means a program under which
means prescribed by regulation made by the Governor in Council; ( Version anglaise seulement )
means a program that is designed to insure a portion of the value of an eligible agricultural product produced or marketed by a producer participating in the program; ( assurance-revenu )
means that part of an agreement respecting the reinsurance of a portion of a liability for the payment of indemnities under a crop insurance program or a gross revenue insurance program. ( accord de réassurance )
Marginal note: Binding on Her Majesty
3 This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.
Marginal note: Governor in Council authorization
Marginal note: Elements to be contained in all agreements
Marginal note: Tabling of agreement
Marginal note: Additional provisions respecting insurance programs
Marginal note: Additional elements respecting net income stabilization account programs
Marginal note: Amendments to agreement
Marginal note: Social Insurance Number