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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.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007

Issue No. 24

Forty-ninth and fiftieth meetings on:

Rural poverty in Canada

INCLUDING:
THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget authorization 2007-08 for the special study on rural poverty in Canada)

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Ontario Landowners Association:

Bill Duncan, Director;

Jacqueline Fennell, Director;

Merle Bowes, Executive;

Shawn Carmichael, Member.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Public Health Agency of Canada:

Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer;

Marie DesMeules, Director of the Evidence and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control.

Canadian Institute for Health Information:

Jennifer Zelmer, Vice President, Research and Analysis;

Elizabeth Gyorfi-Dyke, Director, Canadian Population Health Initiative.

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), Mahovlich, Mercer, Oliver, Peterson, 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 Oliver substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Eyton (April 26, 2007).

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