Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Issue No. 17
Twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth meetings on:
The importance of bees and bee health in the production of honey, food and seed in Canada
WITNESSES
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Government of New Brunswick:
Kevin McCully, Director, Sector Specialist Services, Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries (by video conference).
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador:
Keith Deering, Assistant Deputy Minister of Agrifoods Development;
Dave Jennings, Director, Product and Market Development.
Government of Nova Scotia (by video conference):
Karen Wong-Petrie, Acting Manager, Animal Crop Services;
Jason Sproule, Bee Health and Minor Use Pesticide Coordinator.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Health Canada:
Scott Kirby, Director, Environmental Assessment Directorate, Pest Management Regulatory Agency;
Margherita Conti, Director General, Value Assessment and Re-evaluation Management Directorate, Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:
Frédéric Seppey, Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Trade Agreements and Negotiations Directorate, Market and Industry Services Branch.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Dr. Ian Alexander, Executive Director, Animal Health Science Directorate.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Percy Mockler, Chair
The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Beyak, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Dagenais, Maltais, Merchant, Ogilvie, Oh, Robichaud, P.C., Seth, Tardif, Unger
* 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 Seth replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga (October 8, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Enverga replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (October 8, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga (October 6, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (October 2, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (October 1, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (September 24, 2014).