Proclamation Amending the Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion-Research Agency Proclamation: SOR/2025-224

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Number 24

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SOR/2025-224 October 31, 2025

FARM PRODUCTS AGENCIES ACT

Proclamation Amending the Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion-Research Agency Proclamation

Mary May Simon

[L.S.]

Canada

Charles the Third, by the Grace of God King of Canada and His other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

Shalene Curtis-Micallef
Deputy Attorney General

TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come or whom the same may in any way concern,

GREETING:

A Proclamation

Whereas the Governor in Council is satisfied that the majority of the aggregate of the producers and importers of industrial hemp products and derivatives in Canada is in favour of the amendment to the Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion-Research Agency Proclamation set out in the schedule;

And whereas, by Order in Council P.C. 2025-702 of October 3, 2025, the Governor in Council directed that a proclamation be issued under subsection 39(1) of the Farm Products Agencies Act amending the Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion-Research Agency Proclamation in accordance with the schedule;

Now Know You that We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada and under Order in Council P.C. 2025-702 of October 3, 2025, do by this Our Proclamation amend the Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion-Research Agency Proclamation in accordance with the schedule.

Of all which Our loving subjects and all others whom these presents may concern are required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused this Our Proclamation to be published and the Great Seal of Canada to be affixed to it.

WITNESS:

Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Mary May Simon, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

At OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this twenty-eighth day of October in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-five and in the fourth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Philip Jennings
Deputy Registrar General of Canada

SCHEDULE

1 The definitions derivative and industrial hemp product in section 1 of the schedule to the Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion-Research Agency Proclamation footnote 1 are replaced by the following:

derivative
means anything set out in items 5 and 6 of Schedule 2 to the Cannabis Act. (dérivé)
industrial hemp product
means industrial hemp and anything set out in items 1 to 4 of Schedule 2 to the Cannabis Act. (produit de chanvre industriel)

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

(This statement is not part of the Proclamation.)

Issues

In February 2025, the Department of Health amended the Cannabis Act and the Industrial Hemp Regulations (IHR) through the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning Cannabis (Streamlining of Requirements). The definition of “derivative” under subsection 2(3) of the IHR was repealed and items corresponding to the definition of “derivative” were added as items 5 and 6 under Schedule 2 of the Cannabis Act.

As a result of these amendments, the incorporation by reference of the definitions of “derivative” and “industrial hemp product” under section 1 of the Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion-Research Agency Proclamation (the Proclamation) must be updated to ensure consistency with the related legislation and regulations.

Objective

The amendments have the following objectives:

Description and rationale

Rationale for the amendments

The definitions of “derivative” and “industrial hemp product” in the Proclamation are being amended to reflect the changes to the Cannabis Act and the IHR. The definition of “derivative” is repealed under subsection 2(3) of the IHR, and items corresponding to the definition of “derivative” are added as items 5 and 6 under Schedule 2 of the Cannabis Act.

For the purpose of the Proclamation, these amendments divide the items listed under Schedule 2 of the Cannabis Act into two parts. The first part lists items 1 to 4, which are included in the definition of “industrial hemp product.” The second part lists items 5 and 6, which are defined as “derivative” in the Proclamation.

Description of the amendments

The current definitions of “derivative” and “industrial hemp product” under section 1 of the Proclamation are as follows:

derivative
has the same meaning as in subsection 2(3) of the Industrial Hemp Regulations. (dérivé)
industrial hemp product
means industrial hemp and anything set out in Schedule 2 to the Cannabis Act. (produit de chanvre industriel)

The amendments to the definitions of “derivative” and “industrial hemp product” under section 1 of the Proclamation are as follows:

derivative
means anything set out in items 5 and 6 of Schedule 2 to the Cannabis Act. (dérivé)
industrial hemp product
means industrial hemp and anything set out in items 1 to 4 of Schedule 2 to the Cannabis Act. (produit de chanvre industriel)

One-for-one rule

The one-for-one rule does not apply to these amendments, as there is no change in administrative costs or burden to businesses.

Contact

Carole Gendron
Director
Regulatory and Sectoral Affairs
Farm Products Council of Canada
960 Carling Avenue
Building 59, CEF
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C6
Telephone: 613‑291‑6180
Email: fpcc-cpac@fpcc-cpac.gc.ca