Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
Second Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03
Chair: The Honourable DONALD H. OLIVER
Thursday, October 9, 2003 (in camera)
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Issue No. 20
Second and third meetings on: Value-added agricultural, agri-food and forest products
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 21, 2003 (100K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 23, 2003 (70K)
WITNESSES:
October 21 meeting:
From the National Farm Products Council:
Cynthia Currie, Chairperson;
Ron O'Connor, Vice-Chairman.
From the Canadian Wheat Board:
Ken Ritter, Chair;
Bill Nicholson, Director;
Jim Thompson, Senior Marketing Manager.
October 23 meeting:
From the Internal Trade Secretariat:
Lorraine Andras, Acting Executive Director.
From the Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Debra Bryanton, Executive Director, Food Safety;
Paul Haddow, Executive Director, International Affairs.
From Agriculture and Agri-food Canada:
Ian Thomson, Director, Western Hemisphere, Trade Policy Division;
Steve Verheul, Chief Agriculture Negotiator;
Eric Johannsen, Chief, Marketing Policy.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Chair
The Honourable Jack Wiebe, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Chalifoux, Day, Fairbairn, P.C., Gustafson, Hubley, LaPierre, LeBreton, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Ringuette, Tkachuk
*Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)