Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and
Forestry
First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98-99
Chair: The Honourable LEONARD J. GUSTAFSON
Thursday, March 4, 1999
Thursday, March 18, 1999
Issue No. 29
Seventh meeting on: The Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBST) and its effect on the human and animal health safety aspect
Sixteenth meeting on: The present state and future of agriculture in Canada, consideration of the effect of international subsidies on farm income
INCLUDING:
THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
WITNESSES:
From the Canadian Federation of Agriculture:
Mr. Bob Friesen, President;
Mr. Jeff Atkinson, Communications Coordinator.
MEMBERS OFF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Leonard J. Gustafson, Chair
The Honourable Eugene Whelan, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Chalifoux, Fairbairn, P.C., * Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Hays, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella (acting)), Rivest, Robichaud, P.C. (Saint-Louis-de-Kent), Rossiter, Spivak, Stratton, Taylor
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Sparrow (January 20, 1999).