Canadian Dairy Commission: Funding for Business

Canadian Dairy Commission Mandate

The mandate of the Canadian Dairy Commission is to provide:

• Efficient producers of milk and cream with the opportunity to obtain a fair return for their labour and investment.
• Consumers of dairy products with a continuous and adequate supply of dairy products of high quality.

To carry out its mandate, the Commission plays seven roles:

• Support for the dairy industry, by chairing the Canadian Milk Supply Management Committee;
• Administrator, by managing revenue pooling and market sharing;
• Market analyst, by calculating the national dairy production target and setting support prices for butter and skim milk powder;
• Import and export manager, including the purchase, storage, processing and sale of dairy products in domestic and international markets;
• Regulator, by administering programs for the benefit of Canada’s dairy industry;
• Auditor, by conducting external and internal audits of programs; and
• Leader, by guiding and defining best practices in Canada’s dairy sector.

The Commission strives to balance and serve the interests of all dairy industry representatives: producers, processors, further processors, exporters, consumers and all levels of government.