Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006
Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Thursday, December 7, 2006 (in camera)
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006 (in camera)
Issue No. 13
Fifteenth and sixteenth meetings on:
The present state and future of agriculture
and forestry in Canada
Sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth meetings on:
Rural poverty in Canada
INCLUDING:
THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Interim report on the present state and future of
agriculture and forestry in Canada:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Policy in Canada:
Putting Farmers First!)
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Interim report on rural poverty in Canada:
Understanding Freefall: The Challenge of the Rural Poor)
- Minutes of Proceedings
- The Third and Sixth Reports
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 5, 2006 (41K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 12, 2006 (82K)
WITNESSES:
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
As an individual:
Ricarda Steinbrecher, Co-Director, EcoNexus.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Canadian Wheat Board:
Allen Oberg, Director, District 5;
Adrian Measner, President and Chief Executive Officer.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
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)