Eastern grain standards committee
Composition of committee
The committee is made up of:
- 4 grain producers
- 3 Canadian Grain Commission staff
- a commissioner
- a grain inspector
- a scientist
- 1 members nominated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
- 4 processors and exporters
- 3 others appointed by the Canadian Grain Commission
List of members
This list of members and affiliated organizations (where applicable) is current as of January 2026.
Chair
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David Hunt
Canadian Grain Commission
Chief Commissioner
600-303 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3G8
Telephone: 204-583-5928
Email: david.hunt@grainscanada.gc.ca
Representing the Canadian Grain Commission
Derek Bunkowsky
Canadian Grain Commission
Chief Grain Inspector for Canada
900-303 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3G8
Telephone: 204-297-8541
Email: derek.bunkowsky@grainscanada.gc.ca
Esther Salvano
Canadian Grain Commission
Director General Grain Research Laboratory
303 Main Street,
Winnipeg MB R3C 3G8
Telephone: 204-983-2764
Email: esther.salvano@grainscanada.gc.ca
Representing processors and exporters of grain
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Jay Fretz
Eastern Elevator Association of Canada
1411 Point Abino Road North
Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
Telephone: 289-921-9309
Email: jfretz@pandh.ca -
Benjamin Hodgins
Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Trade Association
Telephone: 226-262-5009
Email: bhodgins@hdc.on.ca -
Bruno Simard
Association des commerçants de grains du Québec
430 Chemin de St-Hyacinthe
Saint-Eugène-de-Grantham, QC J0C 1J0
Telephone: 450-230-1183
Email: bruno_simard@g3.ca -
Peter Worfolk
Canadian National Millers Association
1873 Ashwood Avenue
Innisfil, ON L9S 1W1
Telephone: (416)-817-3305
Email: peter.worfolk@ardentmills.com
Representing Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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Dr. Elroy Cober
960 Carling Avenue, Building 110, CEF, Floor 1, Room SEEDS
Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6
Telephone: 613-715-5399
Email: elroy.cober@canada.ca
Representing producers of eastern grain
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Dana Dickerson
Grain Farmers of Ontario
679 Southgate Drive
Guelph, ON N1G 4S2
Telephone: 519-820-0670
Email: ddickerson@gfo.ca -
Julie Maw
816 Oil Spring Line
Courtright, ON N0N 1H0
Telephone: 519-384-2281
Email: julie@mooremawfarms.ca -
Colin Richardson
Soy Canada
79 Keating Drive
Elora, ON N0B 1S0
Telephone: 519-441-0864
Email: crichardson@snobelenfarms.com -
Ramzy Yelda
Producteurs de grains du Québec
552 Ernest Choquette
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC J3H 5M3
Telephone: 450-679-0540
Email: ryelda@pgq.ca
Additional members
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Manuela Roduner
Ontario Agribusiness Association
91 Queen Street
Hensall, ON N0M 1X0
Telephone: 437-518-8751 ext. 5240
Email: manuela.roduner@intertek.com -
Heather Russell
Atlantic Grains Council
16 Duffy Road
Lwer Coverdale, NB E1J 1S3
Telephone: 506-380-9663
Email: heather@atlanticgrainscouncil.ca -
Linda Roy
Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec
201 Crémazie Boulevard East
4th Floor, Room 4.02
Montréal, QC H2M 1L4
Telephone: 514-873-4024
Email: linda.roy3@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca