Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
Third Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2004
Chair: The Honourable DONALD H. OLIVERTuesday, March 9, 2004
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Issue No. 3
Fourth and fifth meetings on:
Present state and the future of agriculture and forestry in Canada
INCLUDING:
THE SECOND AND THIRD REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budgets)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Second and Third Reports
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 9 meeting (133K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 11 meeting (58K)
APPEARING:
The Honourable Bob Speller, P.C., M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
WITNESSES:
Tuesday, March 9, 2004:
As a panel:
From the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities:
Neal Hardy, President.
From the Association of Manitoba Municipalities:
Stuart Briese, President.
From the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties:
Jack Hayden, President.
As a panel:
From the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan:
Terry Hildebrandt, President.
From the Western Stock Growers' Association:
Bill Newton, President.
From the Canadian Federation of Agriculture:
Marvin Shauf, Second Vice-President.
Thursday, March 11, 2004:
From the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:
Samy Watson, Deputy Minister.
From the Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Richard B. Fadden, President.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Chair
The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Callbeck, Fairbairn, P.C., Gustafson, Hubley, LaPierrre, Lawson, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Mercer, Oliver, Ringuette, St. Germain, P.C., Sparrow, Tkachuk
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)