Studies & Bills

Studies & Bills	Date Referred	Session	note	note
Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (board of directors)	(2008-05-28)	39-2
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 8:02 AM Peter W. Hogg, Professor Emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School (As an individual) Jeff Nielsen, Vice-President (Grain Growers of Canada) Richard Phillips, Executive Director (Grain Growers of Canada) Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 7:04 PM The Honourable Senator Grant Mitchell, sponsor of the bill (Senate of Canada) Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 8:03 AM Humphrey Banack, Member of the National Advisory Council (Canadian Federation of Agriculture) Larry Hill, Chair of the Board of Directors (Canadian Wheat Board) Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 6:59 PM The Honourable Gerry Ritz, P.C., M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board ()
Bill C-44, An Act to amend the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act	(2008-02-27)	39-2
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 8:01 AM The Honourable Gerry Ritz, P.C., M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board (As an Individual) Jody Aylard, Director General, Finance and Renewal Programs Directorate (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Susie Miller, Director General, Food Value Chain Bureau (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Mark Shucksmith, Professor, Newcastle University (As an individual)
Examine and report on rural poverty in Canada	(2007-11-20)	39-2
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 7:04 PM The Honourable Senator Grant Mitchell, sponsor of the bill (Senate of Canada) Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 6:59 PM The Honourable Gerry Ritz, P.C., M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board () Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 8:02 AM Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 7:09 PM Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 6:57 PM Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 9:09 AM Erik Mikkelborg, Communications Officer, Communications Directorate (Senate of Canada) Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 8:05 AM Ken Battle, President (The Caledon Institute of Social Policy) Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 8:01 AM The Honourable Gerry Ritz, P.C., M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board (As an Individual) Jody Aylard, Director General, Finance and Renewal Programs Directorate (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Susie Miller, Director General, Food Value Chain Bureau (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Mark Shucksmith, Professor, Newcastle University (As an individual) Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 6:58 PM Mark Allen, Inspector, Manager, Crime Prevention Section, Investigation Bureau (Ontario Provincial Police) Michel Aubin, Director, Drugs and Organized Crime (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Marcel Eugène Lebeuf, Senior Research Officer (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 1:59 PM Paul Aarulaaq Quassa, Mayor (City of Igloolik) Janelle Budgell, Community Wellness Coordinator (City of Iqaluit) Glenn Cousins, Executive Director (Nunavut Economic Forum) Monica Ell, Director, Business and Economic Development, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and Director of the Nunavut Economic Forum (As an individual) John Lamb, President (Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society) Rhoda Palluq, Executive Director (Quliit Nunavut Status of Women Council) Elisapee Sheutiapik, Mayor (City of Iqaluit) Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 9:07 AM The Honourable Ed Picco, M.L.A., Minister of Education, Minister Responsible for Nunavut Arctic College, Minister Responsible, Homelessness & Immigration and Government House Leader, Government of Nunavut () Cyrus Blanchet, Outreach Coordinator (Iqaluit Soup Kitchen, Parish of St. Simon and St. Jude) Elisapi Davidee-Aningmiuq, Program Coordinator (Iqaluit Community Tukisigiarvik Society) Paul Nettleton, Poverty Law Counsel (Legal Services Board of Nunavut) Kathy Okpik, Deputy Minister, Department of Education (Government of Nunavut) Bill Riddell, Residential Tenancies Officer, Magistrate (Government of Nunavut) Lieutenant Carol-Anne Scott, Director of the Iqaluit, Nunavut Project for the Salvation Army and Director for the Homeless Shelter (As an individual) Enopik Sigeatuk, Elder (As an individual) David Wilman, Executive Director (Iqaluit Community Tukisigiarvik Society) Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 1:41 PM Arlene Hache, Executive Director (Centre for Northern Families) Cece McCauley, Chief, Writer, News North Newspaper (As an individual) Nancy Peel, Executive Director (Native Women's Association) Dorice Pinet, Assistant Director General and Project Leader (Fédération franco-ténoise) Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 8:59 AM The Honourable Bob McLeod, M.L.A., Minister of Human Resources, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment and Minster Responsible for the Public Utilities Board, Government of Northwest Territories () Jill Christensen, Manager, Integrated Services, Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority (Government of Northwest Territories) Batiste Foisy, Researcher (Northwest Territories Economic Development Council) Mira Hall, Chair, Women's Committee and Territorial Representative (National Anti-Poverty Organisation) Spencer Heslep, Program Coordinator (Side Door Youth Centre) David Krutko, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (Mackenzie Delta) (As an individual) Patrick Lachapelle, Economic Development Officer (Northwest Territories Economic Development Council) Simon Lamoureux, President (Northwest Territories Economic Development Council) Kevin Menicoche, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (Nahendeh) (As an individual) Jeanette Savoie, Barrister and Solicitor (Savoie Law Office) Sharon Thomas, Executive Director (Status of Women Council of the Northwest Territories) Gordon Van Tighem, Mayor (City of Yellowknife) Monday, February 18, 2008 at 1:41 PM Peter Becker, Member of the Board, Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (As an individual) Chris Danfa, Future Info Tech (As an individual) Lori Duncan, Director of Health and Social Developments, Council of Yukon First Nations (As an individual) Brian Eaton, Resource Coordinator, Second Opinion Society (As an individual) Judi Johnny (As an individual) Arthur Mitchell, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon (Copperbelt) (As an individual) Liz Walker, Director of Health Partnerships, Council of Yukon First Nations (As an individual) Monday, February 18, 2008 at 8:15 AM Larry Bagnell, P.C., M.P., Yukon - Official Opposition Critic for Northern Affairs (As an individual) Bev Buckway, First Vice-President and Mayor of the City of Whitehorse (Association of Yukon Communities) The Honourable Ione Christensen, Former Senator for Yukon (As an individual) Ross Findlater, Co-Chair (Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition) Claude Gosselin, Priest (Groupe de concertation Solidarité Pauvreté) Tony Hill, Director, Agriculture Branch (Government of Yukon) Robert Holmes, Director, Mineral Resources, Energy, Mines and Resources (Government of Yukon) Charlotte Hrenchuk, Coordinator (Yukon Status of Women Council) Cate Innish, Program Coordinator (Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre) Kim Lawson, Employer Liaison, Job Coach (Yukon Council on disABILITY) Lesley McCullough, Director, Intergovernmental Relations (Government of Yukon) Kate O'Donnell, Director (Maryhouse) Judy Pakozdy, Executive Director (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society of Yukon (FASSY)) Barbara Powick, Executive Director (Kaushee's Place - Yukon Women's Transition Society) Diane Reed, Director, Forestry Management Branch (Government of Yukon) Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 9:07 AM José Antonio Ardavin, Administrator, Rural Development Unit (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Betty Ann Bryce, Consultant, Rural Development Unit (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Nicola Crosta, Head of the Rural Development Unit (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Ilse Oehler, Economist Public Service Delivery (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Roberto Villarreal, Head of Division, Regional Competitiveness Governance (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 7:06 PM Peter Kenyon, Director (Bank of I.D.E.A.S.) John Stapleton, Former Research Director, Taskforce on Modernizing Income Security for Working-Age Adults (As an individual) Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 7:01 PM The Honourable Christian Paradis, P.C., M.P., Secretary of State (Agriculture) () The Honourable Gerry Ritz, P.C., M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board () Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 8:05 AM Allan Douglas, Climate Change Researcher, Centre for Environmental Monitoring (As an individual) Don Raymond, Director, Regulatory and Trade (Canadian Meat Council) Jeff Rosgen, President (Lakeside Farm Industries - Tyson Foods) Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 7:11 PM Terry Anne Boyles, Vice President (Association of Canadian Community) Anna Sawicki, Secretary-Treasurer (Canadian Network for Innovation in Education) Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 8:03 AM Mike Dungate, General Manager (Chicken Farmers of Canada) Wayne Kroeker, Vice-chair (Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency) Jacques Laforge, Chair (Dairy Farmers of Canada) Gyslain Loyer, Chair (Canadian Hatching Egg Producers) Laurent Souligny, Chair (Canadian Egg Marketing Agency)
The present state and future of agriculture and forestry in Canada	(2007-11-20)	39-2
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 7:04 PM The Honourable Senator Grant Mitchell, sponsor of the bill (Senate of Canada) Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 8:07 AM Abdolreza Abbassian, Economist (Commodities) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Ali Gürkan, Chief, Trade and Markets Division (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 8:05 AM Sylvain Charlebois, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Regina (As an individual) Guy Debailleul, Professor, Laval University (As an individual) Al Loyns, President, Prairie Horizons Ltd. (As an individual) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 7:07 PM Denis Boudreau, Senior Manager, Agriculture, National Bank (Canadian Bankers Association) Peter Brown, Director, Agriculture, Scotiabank (Canadian Bankers Association) Michelle Harvey, Group Manager, Agriculture Product, Policy and Process, TD Canada Trust (Canadian Bankers Association) Brian Little, National Manager, Agriculture and Agribusiness, RBC (Canadian Bankers Association) David Rinneard, National Manager, Agriculture, BMO (Canadian Bankers Association) Colleen Ross, Women's President (National Farmers Union) Nigel Smith, Youth President (National Farmers Union) Darryl Worsley, National Manager, Agriculture, CIBC (Canadian Bankers Association) Marion Wrobel, Director, Market & Regulatory Developments (Canadian Bankers Association) Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:09 AM David MacKay, Executive Director (Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers) Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 7:02 PM Ian Alexander, Acting Director General, Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch (Health Canada) Glyn Chancey, Acting Executive Director, Plant Products Directorate (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) Paul Mayers, Acting Associate Vice-President, Programs (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) Siddika Mithani, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Products and Food Branch (Health Canada) Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 9:01 AM Andrew Marsland, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Jan Dyer, Director General, Research and Analysis (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 7:04 PM Ron Bonnett, Vice-President (Canadian Federation of Agriculture) Leo Meyer, Director (Grain Growers of Canada) Richard Phillips, Executive Director (Grain Growers of Canada) Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 8:06 AM Bill Maxwell, Chair, Board of Directors (Canadian Animal Health Institute) Jean Szkotnicki, President (Canadian Animal Health Institute) Paul Wideman, President of W-S Feed & Supplies Ltd and Director on the Executive Committee (Animal Nutrition Association of Canada) Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 7:07 PM Clyde Graham, Vice-President (Canadian Fertilizer Institute) Lorne Hepworth, President (CropLife Canada) Roger Larson, President (Canadian Fertilizer Institute) Peter MacLeod, Vice-President (CropLife Canada) Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 8:03 AM Martin Foubert, Deputy Director, Multilateral Access Division (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada) Kendal Hembroff, Deputy Director, Bilateral Market Access Division (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada) Daniel Lafrance, Senior-President and Chief Financial Officer (Rogers Sugar) Steve Lavergne, Director, Western Hemisphere Trade Policy Division (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Sandra Marsden, President (Canadian Sugar Institute) Frédéric Seppey, Director, Regional and Market Access Negotiations Division (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Bruce Webster, General Manager (Alberta Sugar Beet Growers) Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 8:05 AM Allan Douglas, Climate Change Researcher, Centre for Environmental Monitoring (As an individual) Don Raymond, Director, Regulatory and Trade (Canadian Meat Council) Jeff Rosgen, President (Lakeside Farm Industries - Tyson Foods) Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 7:02 PM Bob Friesen, President (Canadian Federation of Agriculture) Stephen Moffett, Chair, Canadian Pork Council Safety Net Committee (Canadian Pork Council) Robert Monty, Second Vice-President (Fédération des producteurs de porcs du Québec) Clare Schlegel, President (Canadian Pork Council) Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 8:08 AM Vincent Cloutier, Assistant Secretary (Fédération des producteurs de bovins du Québec) Michel Dessureault, President (Fédération des producteurs de bovins du Québec) Hugh Lynch-Staunton, President (Canadian Cattlemen's Association) John Masswohl, Director of Government & International Relations (Canadian Cattlemen's Association)

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