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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.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Issue No. 22

Forty-fifth and forty-sixth meetings on:

Rural poverty in Canada

WITNESSES:

Friday, March 30, 2007 (morning meeting)

Loaves and Fishes:

Irene Selkirk, Administrator.

Country Roads Community Health Centre:

Jen Bergman, Health Promoter;

Sue MacLatchie, Vice-Chair, Board.

Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit:

Dianne Oickle, Registered Dietician and Public Health Nutritionist.

United Way of Leeds and Grenville:

Judy Baril, Executive Director.

Perth Connections, Lanark Health and Community Services:

Sandy Prentice, Home Visitor and Playgroup Organizer, Community Action Program for Children.

Salvation Army — Brockville:

Randy Gatza, Community and Family Services Officer.

Ontario Federation of Agriculture:

Geri Kamenz, President and Chairman of the Board;

Adrian Wynands, President, Grenville Federation of Agriculture, and Regional Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture;

Bill French, President, Leeds Federation of Agriculture.

As individuals:

Yuergen Beck;

Jane Monaghan.

Friday, March 30, 2007 (afternoon meeting)

Township of Athens:

John Conley, Mayor.

As an individual:

Sandra Lawn.

Seeley's Bay/Lindhurst and Area Non-Profit Seniors Residence Corporation:

Peggy Sweet-McCumber, Chair.

Leeds and Grenville Landowners Association:

Jacqueline Fennell, President;

Shawn Carmichael, Director.

Lanark Landowners Association:

Bill Duncan, President.

As an individual:

Merle Bowes.

LINKS:

Deborah Heintzman, Member.

As individuals:

David Campbell;

Dr. Denise Bowes;

Laurie Wight;

Rosemary Kralik.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Leonard J. Gustafson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Biron, Callbeck, *Hervieux-Payette, P.C., (or Tardif), *LeBreton, P.C., (or Comeau), Losier-Cool, Mahovlich, Mercer, Oliver, Segal, St. Germain, P.C.

*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 Peterson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Milne (March 29, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Peterson (March 30, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C., substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Eyton (March 30, 2007).

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