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AGFO - Standing Committee

Agriculture and Forestry

Notice of Meeting

Videoconference
Televised live on PTN
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, 2 Rideau Street, Ottawa ON, with videoconference
Clerk: Katy Quinn (343) 548-8262

Agenda

The subject matter of those elements contained in Division 13 of Part 4 of Bill C-31, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025
Witnesses

Panel 1 (6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
-Tom Rosser, Assistant Deputy Minister, Market and Industry Services Branch
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
-Evelyn Soo, Director General, Food Safety and Consumer Protection
Health Canada
-Matt Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
-Frédéric Bissonnette, Director General, Pesticides Regulatory Directorate, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
-Shannon Laforce, Executive Director, Policy and Operations Bureau, Pesticides Regulatory Directorate, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch

Panel 2 (7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.)
CropLife Canada
-Émilie Bergeron, Vice-President, Crop Protection
-Ian Affleck, Vice President, Plant Biotechnology and Sustainability
Grain Growers of Canada
-Kate Sauser, Manager, Policy

Panel 3 (8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.)
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
-Scott Ross, Executive Director
Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada
-Stephen Heckbert, Executive Director (by videoconference)

Meeting with interpretation and transcription
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