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Impact of Selected Federal Cost Recovery Initiatives on the Agri-Food Sector

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of selected federal cost recovery initiatives on the agri-food sector. The analysis was initiated in response to widespread interest in clarifying the direct impacts (amounts paid for government services) and the indirect impacts (effects on costs and prices) of all relevant cost recovery fees introduced by federal agencies and departments.

The scope of analysis excludes consideration of other changes in federal policies, changes in non-federal policies (such as provincial cost recovery activities, and foreign government initiatives), and any related effects on industry competitiveness. Neither does the analysis consider the value and the benefits of the services being cost recovered. Qualitative information in both these areas has been appended to this report, so as to provide a more complete context for consideration of the report findings.

For more information on this publication, please e-mail: Econ_Research@agr.gc.ca.

Table of Contents

Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Cost Recovery and the Agri-food Sector
Chapter 3: Cost Recovery Impact Assessment
Chapter 4: Farm Level Analysis
Chapter 5: Processing Level Analysis
Appendix A: The Context for Cost Recovery in the Agri-food Sector
Appendix B: The Context for Cost Recovery in Government
Appendix C: Data for Processing Level Analysis
List of Acronyms

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Publication: 1985/E - ISBN: 0-662-27236-6 - Catalogue: A22-181/1998E - Project: 98067r