Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Chair: The Honourable GHISLAIN MALTAIS

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Issue No. 2

Second and third meetings:

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

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Canada Pasta Manufacturers Association:

Don Jarvis, Executive Director.

Grain Farmers of Ontario:

Markus Haerle, Vice-Chair.

Producteurs des grains du Québec:

William Van Tassel, First Vice-President.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council:

Robin Horel, President and CEO.

Further Poultry Processors Association of Canada:

Robert DeValk, Executive Director;

Ian Hesketh, Vice-Chair.

Canadian Meat Council:

James Laws, Executive Director.

Maple Leaf Consumer Foods:

Troy Warren, Vice President - Business Optimization - Red Meats.

The Honourable Ghislain Maltais, Chair

The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Beyak, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Dagenais, McIntyre, 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 Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (February 16, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (February 16, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (February 16, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (February 15, 2016).