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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Thursday, November 30, 2006

Issue No. 12

Fourteenth and fifteenth meetings on:

Rural poverty in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 28, 2006 (111K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 30, 2006 (73K)

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WITNESSES:

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Fraser Institute:

Chris Sarlo, Senior Fellow (by video-conference).

Citizens for Public Justice:

Harry J. Kits, Executive Director;

Greg deGroot-Maggetti, Socio-economic Policy Analyst.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

As an individual:

Kurt Klein, Professor, Economics Department, University of Lethbridge.

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MEMBERS OF THE SENATE

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)

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