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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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Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007

Issue No. 30

Sixty-first and sixty-second meetings on:

Rural poverty in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 5, 2007 (84K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 7, 2007 (55K)

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WITNESSES:

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Statistics Canada:

Denis Chartrand, Director, Agriculture Division;

Cathy Cromey, Chief, Census of Agriculture, Agriculture Division;

Marco Morin, Chief, Farm Income and Prices Section, Agriculture Division.

Réseau québécois du crédit communautaire:

Lucie Villeneuve, Coordinator.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

As an individual:

Reverend Christine O'Reilly, Minister, Knox Presbyterian Church, Thedford and Watford, Ontario.

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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)

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 Mahovlich (June 4, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (June 6, 2007).

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