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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15

Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER

Thursday, January 29, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Issue No. 23

Second, third and fourth meetings:

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

WITNESSES

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Canadian Seed Trade Association:

Patty Townsend, Chief Executive Officer.

CropLife Canada:

Dennis Prouse, Vice President, Government Affairs.

Canadian Federation of Agriculture:

Humphrey Banack, Vice-President (by video conference).

Canadian Cattlemen's Association:

Ryder Lee, Manager of Federal Provincial Relations;

Dave Solverson, President (by video conference).

Canadian Canola Growers Association:

Jan Dyer, Director of Government Relations.

University of Saskatchewan:

Richard S. Gray, Professor, Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics.


Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Western Canadian Wheat Growers' Association:

Jim Wickett, Chair.

Canadian Horticultural Council:

Deb Hart, Seed Potato Subcommittee.

Canterra Seeds:

Erin Armstrong, Director of Industry and Regulatory Affairs.

Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers:

Delaney Ross Burtnack, President and CEO (by video conference).

Partners in Innovation Coalition:

David Jones, Member.

Grain Farmers of Ontario:

Henry Van Akum, Chair.

Food Secure Canada:

Diana Bronson, Executive Director;

Pat Mooney, Member.

As an individual:

Devlin Kuyek.

National Farmers' Union:

Terry Boehm, Chair, Seed and Trade Committee (by video conference).
 

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Fédération des producteurs de cultures commerciales du Québec:

William Van Tassel, First Vice-President.

Cereals Canada:

Cam Dahl, President.

Grain Growers of Canada:

Gary Stanford, President (by video conference).

Les AmiEs de la Terre de Québec:

Ariane Gagnon-Légaré, Community Organizer, Agriculture and Food (by video conference).

Canadian Organic Trade Association:

Matthew Homes, Executive Director.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Percy Mockler, Chair

The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Dagenais, Enverga, Maltais, Merchant, Moore, Ogilvie, Oh, Plett, 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 Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (February 3, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Moore was added to the membership (December 23, 2014).

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