Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16
Chair: The Honourable GHISLAIN MALTAIS
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Issue No. 20
Eighth and ninth meetings:
Study on the acquisition of farmland in Canada and its potential impact on the farming sector
and
First meeting:
Examine and report on the current situation involving the bovine tuberculosis outbreak in southeastern Alberta, the quarantine that farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan are under, and the movement controls in place for cattle
WITNESSES
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:
Rosser Lloyd, Director General, Business Risk Management Programs Directorate, Programs Branch.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, PhD, Chief Veterinary Officer for Canada and Associate Vice-President, Operations Branch.
Government of Manitoba:
The Honourable Ralph Eichler, Minister of Agriculture (by video conference);
Dori Gingera-Beauchemin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture (by video conference);
Patty Rosher, Director, Boards and Commissions (by video conference).
Government of Alberta:
The Honourable Oneil Carlier, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (by video conference);
Bev Yee, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (by video conference);
Tony Clark, Chief of Staff, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (by video conference);
Darren Chase, Executive Director, Policy, Strategy and Intergovernmental Affairs Branch, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (by video conference).
Government of British Columbia:
The Honourable Norm Letnick, Minister of Agriculture (by video conference);
Derek Sturko, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture (by video conference).
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)