Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
Issue No. 12 - Minutes of Proceedings - Meeting of May 31, 2016
OTTAWA, Tuesday, May 31, 2016
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry met this day at 5:03 p.m., in room 2, Victoria Building, the chair, the Honourable Ghislain Maltais, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Beyak, Dagenais, Maltais, Mercer, Ogilvie, Tardif and Unger (7).
Other senator present: The Honourable Senator Pratte (1).
In attendance: Aïcha Coulibaly, Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.
Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, January 28, 2016, the committee continued its study on international market access priorities for the Canadian agricultural and agri-food sector. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 1.)
WITNESSES:
Conseil de l'industrie de l'érable:
Eliott Levasseur, Vice President;
Daniel Dufour, Director General.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce:
Ryan Greer, Director, Transportation and Infrastructure Policy;
Adriana Vega, Director, International Policy.
The chair made a statement.
Mr. Dufour and Mr. Levasseur made statements and answered questions.
At 6:01 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 6:07 p.m., the committee resumed and Senator Mercer took the chair.
Mr. Greer made a statement and, together with Ms. Vega, answered questions.
At 6:43 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the deputy chair.
ATTEST:
Kevin Pittman
Clerk of the Committee