Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Thursday, March 11, 2010:

The Honourable Senator Mockler moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon:

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) Examine and promote the development and commercialisation of value added products;

(d) Examine potential changes to the National Building Code of Canada 2005 to increase the utilization of wood;

(e) Examine education in the wood science sector;

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

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

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject and the work accomplished during the Second session of the Fortieth Parliament be referred to the Committee; and

That the Committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than December 31, 2010.

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

Gary W. O'Brien

Clerk of the Senate