Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and
Forestry
Issue 16 - Minutes of Proceedings
OTTAWA, Wednesday May 13, 1998
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The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry met this day, in 705 Victoria Building, Ottawa, Ontario at 6:26 p.m., the Chairman, the Honourable Senator Leonard J. Gustafson, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: The Honourable Senators Chalifoux, Fairbairn P.C., Fitzpatrick, Hays, Robichaud P.C. (Saint-Louis-de-Kent), Rossiter, Sparrow, Spivak, Stratton, and Taylor (10).
In attendance: Jean-Denis Fréchette, June Dewetering, Research Officers, Research Branch, Library of Parliament.
Pursuant to its order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, February 26, 1998, the committee continued its consideration of Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. (See Issue no. 3, Thursday, February 26, 1998 for full text of Order of Reference.)
The committee continued in camera consideration of a draft report.
At 10:20 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
ATTEST:
OTTAWA, Thursday May 14, 1998
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The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry met this day, in 705 Victoria Building, Ottawa, Ontario at 10:09 a.m., the Chairman, the Honourable Senator Leonard J. Gustafson, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Callbeck, Chalifoux, Hays, Robichaud, Rossiter, Sparrow, Spivak, Stratton, Taylor and Whelan (10).
In attendance: Jean-Denis Fréchette, June Dewetering, Research Officers, Research Branch, Library of Parliament, Dave Newman, Communications Officer.
Also in attendance: The Official reporters of the Senate.
Pursuant to its order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, February 26, 1998, the committee continued its consideration of Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. (See issue no. 3, Thursday, February 26, 1998 for full text of Order of Reference.)
The committee continued in camera consideration of a draft report.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Taylor, -- That the committee proceed in public Session to clause-by-clause, consideration of Bill C-4.
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Taylor -- That the committee proceed directly to the consideration of amendments as discussed in the In Camera consideration of a draft report
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Taylor --That Bill C-4, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing lines 12 to 14 on page 3 with the following:
"appointed by the Governor in Council in accordance with section 3.09."
That Bill C-4, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing lines 17 to 21 on page 5 with the following:
3.09 (1) The president is appointed by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister and holds office during pleasure for the term that the Governor in Council may determine.
(2) The Minister may recommend that a person be appointed president only if
(a) the Minister has consulted the board with respect to
(i) the qualifications required of the president; and
(ii) the person whom the Minister is proposing to recommend; and
(b) the board has fixed the remuneration to be paid to the president and has informed the Minister of the remuneration.
(3) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the Governor in Council may appoint a transitional president and fix the remuneration to be paid to him or her. The transitional president's term may not end more than one year after the coming into force of this subsection.
3.1 (1) The president is paid the remuneration fixed in accordance with paragraph 3.09(2)(b) or subsection 3.09(3)."
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Stratton: -- That Bill C-4 be amended
(a) on page 10, by adding immediately after line 3 the following:
"8.1 Within two years after the day this section comes into force, the Auditor General of Canada may commence an audit of the accounts and financial transactions of the Corporation for such fiscal years as the Auditor General considers appropriate and a report of the audit shall be made to the Corporation and the Minister."; and
(b) in clause 36, on page 24, by replacing line 1 with the following:
"tion 6(2) of this Act, and sections 8.1, 11, 27 and".
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed, on division.
Senator Whelan assumed the Chair.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Gustafson: -- That Bill C-4 be amended by adding, after line 34 on page 18, the following:
"26. Section 47 of the Act and the headings before it are replaced by the following:
PART V
OTHER GRAINS
Application of Parts III and IV
47. (1) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, on the recommendation of the Minister, extend the application of Part III or of Part IV or of both Parts III and IV to barley.
(2) Where the Governor in Council has extended the application of any Part under subsection (1), the provisions of that Part shall be deemed to be re-enacted in this Part, subject to the following:
(a) the word "barley" shall be substituted for the word "wheat";
(b) the expression "barley products" shall be substituted for the expression "wheat products"; and
(c) subsection 40(2) is not applicable.
(3) An extension of the application of Part III shall come into force only at the beginning of a crop year.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "product", in relation to barley, means any substance produced by processing or manufacturing barley, alone or together with any other material or substance, designated by the Governor in Council by regulation as a product of barley for the purposes of this Part.
(5) The Minister shall not make a recommendation referred to in subsection (1) unless
(a) the Minister has consulted with the board about the extension; and
(b) the producers of barley have voted in favour of the extension, the voting process having been determined by the Minister.
47.1 The Minister shall not cause to be introduced in Parliament a bill that would exclude any kind, type, class or grade of wheat or barley, or wheat or barley produced in any area in Canada, from the provisions of Part IV, either in whole or in part, or generally, or for any period, or that would extend the application of Part III or Part IV or both Parts III and IV to any other grain, unless
(a) the Minister has consulted with the board about the exclusion or extension; and
(b) the producers of the grain have voted in favour of the exclusion or extension, the voting process having been determined by the Minister.".
(b) on page 19, delete lines 1 to 36; and
(c) on page 20, delete lines 1 to 38.
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
Senator Gustafson resumed the Chair.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Taylor: --That the Bill be reported as amended.
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Spivak, -- That the draft report be adopted as amended.
The question being put on the motion, -- after debate, it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Hays, -- That the committee revert to clause-by-clause study of Bill C-4.
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Gustafson -- That clause 24 be deleted.
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Taylor: -- That Bill C-4 be adopted as amended.
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Taylor, -- That the Chairman be authorized to report Bill C-4 as amended, with the obervations and recommendations, to the Senate.
The question being put on the motion, -- it was agreed.
At 11:50 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
ATTEST:
Blair Armitage
Clerk of the Committee