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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.

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Friday, May 18, 2007

Issue No. 27

Fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth meetings on:

Rural poverty in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Morning meeting (150K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Afternoon meeting (46K)

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WITNESSES:

Morning meeting

Sogetel:

Alain Duhaime, President.

Horizon Vert:

Jean-François Ménard, President.

Au coeur des familles agricoles:

Maria Labrecque Duchesneau, Executive Director.

Union des producteurs agricoles:

Laurent Pellerin, Executive Director;

David Tougas, Economist.

As an individual:

Marthe Tremblay.

Centre de Santé des services sociaux du nord de Lanaudière:

Alain Coutu, Community Organizer.

Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec:

Réal Boisvert, Research Adviser.

Institut national de santé publique:

Robert Pampalon, Researcher and Geographer.

Afternoon meeting

Town of Nicolet:

Alain Drouin, Mayor.

As an individual:

Robert Gendron;

Charles Cartier.

Fédération de l'Union des producteurs agricoles, Centre-du-Québec:

Jacques Corriveau, President.

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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)

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