Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Issue 2 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Tuesday, October 19, 2004:

The Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C. moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Callbeck:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry be authorized to examine the issues related to the development and marketing of value-added agricultural, agri-food and forest products, on the domestic and international markets;

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject during the Second and Third Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Parliament be referred to the Committee;

That the Committee submits its final report to the Senate no later than December 23, 2005, and that the Committee retain until January 31, 2006 all powers necessary to publicize its findings.

After debate,

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

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate