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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17

Chair: The Honourable GHISLAIN MALTAIS

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 (in camera)
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Issue No. 23

Twenty-seventh meeting:
Study on international market access priorities for the Canadian agricultural and agri-food sector

and

Fifteenth meeting:
Study on the acquisition of farmland in Canada and its potential impact on the farming sector

WITNESSES

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

Brian T. Gray, Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology Branch;

Allan Howard, Manager of the Agroclimate, Geomatics and Earth Observation Division, Science and Technology Branch;

Ted Huffman, Research Scientist, Environmental Health, Science and Technology Branch;

David W. Lee, Manager, Canadian Soil Information Service, Science and Technology Branch.

As individuals:

Pascal Thériault, Agricultural Economist, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University.

Brady Deaton Junior, Professor and McCain Family Chair in Food Security, University of Guelph.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Ghislain Maltais, Chair

The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

        Bernard, Beyak, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Dagenais, Enverga, Gagné, Galvez, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Merchant, Ogilvie, Petitclerc, Plett, Pratte, Tardif, Woo

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to Rule 12-5 and to the Order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Petitclerc replaced the Honourable Senator Omidvar (February 15, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Enverga replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (February 15, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Omidvar replaced the Honourable Senator Petitclerc (February 14, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Galvez replaced the Honourable Senator Gold (February 9, 2017).

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