Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Tuesday, March 31, 2009:

The Honourable Senator Mockler moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry be authorized to examine and report on the current state and future of Canada's forest sector. In particular, the Committee shall be authorized to:

(a) Examine the causes and origins of the current forestry crisis;

(b) Examine the federal role in the forest sector in Canada;

(c) Develop a vision for the long-term positioning and competitiveness of the forest industry in Canada;

(d) Recommend specific measures to be put forward by the federal government to lay the foundations of that vision.

That the Committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than June 17, 2010.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate