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, June 1, 2007
Issue No. 29
Fifty-ninth and sixtieth meetings on:
Rural poverty in Canada
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Morning meeting (134K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Afternoon meeting (43K)
WITNESSES:
Morning meeting
Grand-Nord Legal Clinic:
Louise Guertin, Community Legal Worker.
Connection Centre:
Ernie Lafontaine, Board Member.
Kapuskasing Economic Development Corporation:
Adèle Bordeleau, Economic Development Officer.
As an individual:
Laurier Guillemette, Agronomist.
Jeanne Sauvé Family Services:
Mona Comeau, Services Manager.
Sensenbrenner Hospital:
Louise Thomson, Placement Coordinator.
Afternoon meeting
Disability Resource Centre for Independent Living:
Patricia Simone, Executive Director.
As an individual:
Elizabeth Latos;
Marek Latos, Trapper.
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 Mercer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fraser (May 31, 2007).