Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Issue No. 8

Fifth meeting on:

Rural poverty in Canada
and

Eleventh and twelfth meetings on:

Present state and future of agriculture in Canada

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

Donna Mitchell, Executive Director, Rural and Co-operatives Secretariats;

Christine Burton, Director, Rural Policy and Strategic Development.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Alberta Sugar Beet Growers:

Bruce Webster, General Manager.

Canadian Federation of Agriculture:

Bob Friesen, President.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:

Tom Oommen, Acting Director, Multilateral Market Access;

Jennifer Fellows, Senior Trade Policy Officer, Multilateral Market Access.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

Susan Sarich, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Trade Policy.

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Leonard J. Gustafson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, Christensen, *Hays (or Fraser), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mahovlich, Mercer, Mitchell, Oliver, Peterson, Segal, Tkachuk

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Mercer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (October 10, 2006).