Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16
Chair: The Honourable GHISLAIN MALTAIS
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Issue No. 18
Fourth and fifth meetings:
Study on the acquisition of farmland in Canada and its potential impact on the farming sector
WITNESSES
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture:
Chris van den Heuvel, President.
Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Agriculture:
Mervin Wiseman, Board Member.
Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture:
Mary Robinson, President.
Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick:
Andrew Lovell, Director, Board of Directors.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Farm Credit Canada:
Michael Hoffort, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Corinna Mitchell-Beaudin, Executive Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer;
Jean-Philippe Gervais, Vice President and Chief Agricultural Economist.
Union des producteurs agricoles du Québec:
Charles-Félix Ross, Executive Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Ghislain Maltais, Chair
The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Beyak, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Dagenais, Gagné, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Merchant, Ogilvie, Oh, Plett, Pratte, Tardif, Unger
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (October 27, 2016).