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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14

Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER

Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Issue No. 3

Third, fourth and fifth meetings on:

The importance of bees and bee health in the production of honey, food and seed in Canada

WITNESSES

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Royal Saskatchewan Museum:

Cory S. Sheffield, PhD, Research Scientist — Curator of Invertebrate Zoology.

University of Guelph:

Peter Kevan, PhD, FRSC, University Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental Sciences.

Dalhousie University:

Chris Cutler, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences.

Oxford Frozen Foods Limited:

David Hoffman, Co-Chief Executive Officer;

John Hamilton, Manager of Bee Operations.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Grain Farmers of Ontario:

John Cowan, Vice-President, Strategic Development.

Beef Farmers of Ontario:

Arden Schneckenburger, Director.

Fédération des producteurs de cultures commerciales du Québec:

William Van Tassel, First Vice-President;

Salah Zoghlami, Agronomic Advisor.

Manitoba Corn Growers Association:

Dennis Thiessen, Farmer/Director.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

University of Manitoba:

Rob Currie, PhD, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology.

University of Guelph:

Ernesto Guzman, PhD, Professor and Head of the Honey Bee Research Centre (by video conference).

University of Montreal:

Dr. Pascal Dubreuil, Assistant Dean, Clinical and Professional Affairs.

Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists:

Medhat Nasr, PhD, President.

BC Bee Breeders Association:

Barry Denluck, President.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Percy Mockler, Chair

The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Buth, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Dagenais, Eaton, Maltais, Merchant, Ogilvie, Oh, Rivard, Robichaud, P.C., 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 Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (February 5, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Buth (February 3, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (January 30, 2014).

The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (January 29, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (January 29, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (January 27, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Munson (January 27, 2014).

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