Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Thursday, October 31, 2002:

The Honourable Senator Wiebe moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Chalifoux:

That the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry be authorized to examine the impact of climate change on Canada's agriculture, forests and rural communities and the potential adaptation options focusing on primary production, practices, technologies, ecosystems and other related areas;

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject and the work accomplished by the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry during the First Session of the Thirty-seventh Parliament be referred to the Committee and;

That the Committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2003.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate