Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
The Standing Senate 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-seventh Parliament were as follows:
With respect to its special study into 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:
| Professional and Other Services | $ 44,857 |
| Transportation and Communications | 88,946 |
| All Other Expenditures | 2,793 |
| Witness Expenses | 38,644 |
| Total | $ 175,240 |
Your committee tabled its final report entitled: Climate Change: We Are At Risk in November 2003. During this study, your committee heard from 109 witnesses over 32 meetings and made 7 recommendations in its final report.
With respect to its special study into issues related to the development and domestic and international marketing of value-added agricultural, agri-food and forest products:
| Professional and Other Services | $ 1,203 |
| Transportation and Communications | 0 |
| All Other Expenditures | 6 |
| Witness Expenses | 1,609 |
| Total | $ 2,818 |
During this session, your committee heard from 137 witnesses, held 42 meetings and issued 6 reports.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD H. OLIVER
Chair