Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Issue No. 20
Fourth and fifth meetings:
Study on international market access priorities for the Canadian agricultural and agri-food sector
WITNESSES
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Canada Pork International:
Jacques Pomerleau, President.
Canadian Meat Council:
James Laws, Executive Director.
Canadian Pork Council:
Bill Wymenga, Vice-Chair.
National Cattle Feeders' Association:
Bryan Walton, General Manager;
John Weekes, Trade Advisor.
Canadian Cattlemen's Association:
John Masswohl, Director of Government and International Relations.
Canadian Angus Association:
Rob Smith, Chief Executive Officer.
Canadian Beef Breeds Council:
Michael Latimer, Executive Director.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:
Frédéric Seppey, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Market and Industry Services Branch;
Gilles Saindon, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology Branch.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Tony Ritchie, Executive Director, Strategic Policy and International Affairs.
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, Enverga, Maltais, Merchant, Ogilvie, Oh, Robichaud, P.C., 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 Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (November 19, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (November 17, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (November 6, 2014).