Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13

Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Issue No. 33

Forty-ninth and fiftieth meetings on:

The research and innovation efforts in the agricultural sector

INCLUDING :
THE ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget 2013-14 — Research and innovation efforts in the agricultural sector)

• Minutes of Proceedings - April 23, 2013
• Minutes of Proceedings - April 25, 2013
• Eleventh Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 23, 2013 (48K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 25, 2013 (78K)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Agri-Traçabilité Québec:

Marie-Christine Talbot, Director General;

Lyne Ravary, Coordinator, Development and Automation Directorate.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Maple Leaf Foods:

Rory McAlpine, Vice-President, Government and Industry Relations.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Percy Mockler, Chair

The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Buth, Callbeck, *Cowan (or Tardif), Duffy, Eaton, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Maltais, Merchant, Munson, Plett, Rivard, Tardif

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Black (April 26, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (April 25, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (April 24, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Mercer replaced the Honourable Senator Hubley (April 24, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Mercer (April 23, 2013).