The Board has now completed its three-month consultation (October 17, 2024 – January 17,
2025) on quota use and access in BC’s regulated chicken industry. The Board thanks everyone
for taking the time to express their views.
The Board gathered stakeholder input via an online survey from October 17 – November 15,
2024. We received 118 completed individual responses to the 18-question survey. Of these
respondents, just over 60% were self-identified BC chicken growers. Another 30% (approx.)
included: small-lot (permit) chicken growers, trades, processors, hatcheries, and some public
and government representatives. Just over 10% of respondents self-identified as those seeking
to enter the industry as new chicken growers.
The Board also welcomed questions, comments and ideas from a QUAC committee of industry
stakeholders who were appointed by the Board and tasked to consider the issues and make
recommendations on the topic. The website remained open for any comments from the industry
and public until January 17, 2025.
Please see the timeline posted below for more information on the policy process following the
consultation. The Board will post a “What We Heard” document, which will summarize the
feedback received (including the survey data), to this webpage in Spring 2025.
A key aspect of a supply-managed commodity is the assurance of reasonable access to quota
(the means of production). Currently there is no centralized platform (or quota exchange) for
growers to transfer chicken quota in BC. Rather, quota is transferred privately through
hatchery/processor and grower connections and word-of-mouth or advertising.
Prior to completion of the Board’s new three-year strategic plan in Spring 2024, the Board was
planning to consult on the question of quota access. The abeyance (in June 2024) of a final New
Entrant Grower (NEG) program decision provides the Board with the opportunity to review
industry input on both fundamental policy areas (a renewed New Entrant program and quota
access) in the context of its larger strategic plan objectives. Please see the NEG Consultation
webpage on the BCCMB website for more details on the NEG consultation (2024).
An important goal of the Board is to ensure that policy and program decisions complement one
another and align with the Board’s strategic goal of having up-to-date and progressive policies
that facilitate an innovative and growing chicken industry in BC.
Please read the Board’s QUAC discussion paper below for further background and more details.
Oct 4, 2024
QUAC Committee 1st meeting.
Oct 17, 2024
Consultation launch + online survey opens.
Nov 15, 2024
Online Survey closes, but website remains open for email comments.
Dec 12, 2024
QUAC Committee 2nd meeting.
Jan 17, 2025
Consultation closes.
Feb-Mar 2025
The Board will review policy options that consider results from both the NEG and the QUAC consultations.
April 2025
Industry feedback on proposed policy changes (via website with email notification)
May 2025
Board final review of draft policy for NEG and any quota policy changes.
June/July 2025
Legal Review & General Orders Updates.
July/Aug 2025
NEW and revised policies will be communicated via website and newsletters.
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