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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, December 2, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Issue No. 22

Eighth and ninth meetings:

Study on international market access priorities for the Canadian agricultural and agri-food sector

and

First meeting:

Bill C-18, An Act to amend certain Acts relating to agriculture and agri-food

APPEARING

Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Honourable Gerry Ritz, P.C., M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

WITNESSES

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Pulse Canada:

Gord Kurbis, Director, Market Access and Trade Policy.


Thursday, December 4, 2014

Turkey Farmers of Canada:

Bill Mailloux, Vice-Chair;

Phil Boyd, Executive Director.

Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council:

Robin Horel, President and CEO.

Canadian Horticultural Council:

Keith Kuhl, President;

David Jones, Manager, Potato Industry Coordination.


Thursday, December 11, 2014

Canadian Food Inspection Agency:

Veronica McGuire, Executive Director, Program, Regulatory & Trade Policy;

Nicolas McCandie Glustien, Manager, Legislative Affairs.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

Rosser Lloyd, Director General, Business Risk Management Programs Directorate, Programs Branch;

Martin Crevier, Assistant Director, Financial Guarantee Programs Division, Programs Branch.

Justice Canada:

Louise Sénéchal, General Counsel and Deputy Executive Director, Agriculture and Food Inspection, Legal Services;

Sara Guild, Acting Manager and Senior Counsel, Agriculture and Food Inspection, Legal Services.

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, 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 Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (December 3, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (December 3, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (December 2, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (December 2, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (December 1, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (November 27, 2014).

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