Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011

Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER

Friday, December 9, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011

Issue No. 9

Fifth and sixth (final) meetings on:

Bill C-18, An Act to reorganize the Canadian Wheat Board and to make consequential and related amendments to certain Acts

INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-18)

• Minutes of Proceedings - December 9, 2011
• Minutes of Proceedings - December 12, 2011
• Fourth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 9, 2011 (149K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 12, 2011 (77K)

WITNESSES

Friday, December 9, 2011

As individuals:

Drew Baker;

Andrew Dennis;

Brendan Sigurdson;

Kenneth Larsen;

Laurence Nicholson.

Western Grain Elevator Association:

Wade Sobkowich, Executive Director.

Malting Industry Association of Canada:

Phil de Kemp, President.

OmniTRAX:

Brad Chase, President.

Thunder Bay Port Authority:

Fred Stille, Chair.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

Greg Meredith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch.

Department of Justice Canada:

Ryan Rempel, Legal Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Percy Mockler, Chair

The Honourable Fernand Robichaud, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Cordy, *Cowan (or Tardif), Duffy, Eaton, Fairbairn, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Mercer, Ogilvie, Peterson, Plett, Rivard, Tkachuk

* 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 Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (December 12, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (December 9, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (December 9, 2011).