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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.

Thursday, March 8, 2007
Friday, March 9, 2007

Issue No. 20

Thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth and forty-first meetings on:

Rural poverty in Canada

WITNESSES:

Thursday, March 8, 2007 (morning session)

Action Committee on the Rural Economy:

Germain Dauk, Member.

Community Futures Sagehill:

Dianne Olchowski, Chief Executive Officer.

Kenaston & District Chamber of Commerce:

Mary Lou Whittles, President.

Mid-Saskatchewan Community Futures Development Corporation/Regional Economic Development Authority:

Russ McPherson, Economic Development Officer;

Jim Tucker, General Manager.

As an individual:

Linda Nosbush, Chair, Ministerial Advisory Board of Early Learning and Child Care for the Minister of Learning, and Fellow, National Council for Early Child Development.

Northern Development Board Corporation:

Dean Desjarlais, Chief Executive Officer.

Thursday, March 8, 2007 (afternoon session)

Keewatin Career Development Corporation:

Randy Johns, Chief Executive Officer.

Thickwood Hills Business and Learning Network:

Marie Prebushewski, Executive Director.

Agriculture Producers Association of Saskatchewan:

Marvin Scauf, Policy Manager;

Ken McBride, President.

National Farmers Union:

Marilyn Gillis, Women's Advisor.

As an individual:

Dan Hoover.

Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities:

Ray Orb, Director.

Carlton Trail Regional College:

Rob Barber, Chief Executive Officer.

Friday, March 9, 2007 (morning session)

Municipality of Steinbach:

Chris Goertzen, Mayor.

Rural Development Institute, Brandon University:

Robert Annis, Director.

Pointe-des-Chênes School:

Dolores Beaumont, Director.

New Beginnings:

Verna Beardy, Director.

Manitoba Food Charter:

Laurel Gardiner, Northern Co-Chair.

South Eastman Health:

Dr. Jan Roberts, Medical Officer of Health.

Friday, March 9, 2007 (afternoon session)

As an individual:

Louise Lawrie.

Manitoba Commercial Inland Fishers' Federation:

Allan Gaudry, Vice-Chair.

Chaboillé Community Development Corporation:

Murielle Bugera, Economic Development Officer.

Arborgate School — La Broquerie:

Elaine Wilson, Principal.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Leonard J. Gustafson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Chaput, *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mahovlich, Mercer, Oliver, Peterson, Segal, St. Germain, P.C., Zimmer

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

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

The name of the Honourable Senator Chaput substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Banks (March 8, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Zimmer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Biron (March 8, 2007).

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07

Issue No. 20

WITNESSES:

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry