Ontario Pork Sources for Jack Slibar
This page contains archival source material documenting Jack Slibar’s work with Ontario Pork, including organizational leadership, trade disputes, industry restructuring, market access, and long-term sector strategy.
Better Pork - December 2002
The following images reproduce a December 2002 Better Pork profile of Jack Slibar’s arrival at Ontario Pork following his tenure at the Toronto Humane Society.
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This article documents Slibar’s appointment as Ontario Pork’s chief executive and the governance and financial challenges he inherited.
Don Stoneman, “New pork board CEO hopes to leave Humane Society controviersies behind him,” Better Pork, December 2002. Private archival copy.
Better Pork - June 2004 U.S. Trade Dispute
The following images reporduce a June 2004 Better Pork cover story on the U.S. countervailing and anti-dumping challenge against Canadian live swine exports.
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This source documents Ontario Pork’s response to the U.S. countervailing-duty and anti-dumping proceedings affecting Canadian live swine exports during Jack’s tenure as Executive Director of Ontario Pork.
Randy Duffy, “Canadian pork industry faces long and costly litigation battle over U.S. countervailing and dumping challenge,” Better Pork, June 2004. Private archival copy.
Ontario Pork - Future State and Opportunities in Ontario, November 2007
Ontario Pork’s November 2007, Future State and Opportunities in Ontario. The document addresses the structural pressures facing Ontario’s hog industry, including processor consolidation, Maple Leaf Foods’ Burlington plant, Country of Origin Labeling, U.s. Market access, feed costs, currency pressure, and long-term options for Ontario pork production and processing capacity.
This document demonstrates Ontario Pork’s analysis —during Jack Slibar’s tenure as Executive Director of Ontario Pork — of structural pressures affecting the sector, including processor consolidation, labelling rules, feed costs, exchange-rate pressure, and market access.
Ontario Pork, Future State and Opportunities in Ontario, November 2007. Private archival copy.