| REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE | THURSDAY, February 22, 2001 |
The Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
has the honour to table its
FIRST REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such legislation and other matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to Rule 104, that the expenses of the Committee during the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament were as follows:
A. With respect to its special study on the future of agriculture in Canada:
| Professional and Other Services | $ 362.45 |
| Transportation and Communications | --.-- |
| Witness Expenses | $25,897.31 |
| Other | 40.80 |
Total |
$26,300.56 |
B. With respect to a special study of the Subcommittee on Forestry to examine the future of forestry in Canada:
| Professional and Other Services | $ 863.40 |
| Transportation and Communications | 25,561.21 |
| Witness Expenses | --.-- |
| Other | --.-- |
Total |
$26,424.61 |
In the course of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament, your Committee held 16 meetings and heard 28 witnesses. Your Committee studied one Government bill: C-34.
Your Committee used its order of reference to examine the present state and the future of agriculture to study the effect international trade practices were having on Canadian farm income, due to distortions of world prices. In particular, the Committee looked at the effectiveness of farm income safety nets. A report was tabled on June 29, 2000 entitled Repairing the Farm Safety Net to Meet the Crisis: Simple, Successful and Sustainable.
Your Committee also created a Subcommittee on Forestry to study the present state and the future of forestry, hearing a total of 5 witnesses over 4 meetings.
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD J. GUSTAFSON
Chair