Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable DIANE F. GRIFFIN
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Issue No. 39
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
First meeting:
Election of the chair
Twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth meetings:
Study the potential impact of the effects of climate change on the agriculture, agri-food and forestry sectors
Twentieth meeting:
Study on the acquisition of farmland in Canada and its potential impact on the farming sector
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 23, 2017
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 28, 2017
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 30, 2017
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 23, 2017
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 28, 2017
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 30, 2017
WITNESSES
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Association of Canadian Port Authorities:
Wendy Zatylny, President;
Debbie Murray, Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:
Guillaume Gruère, Senior Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Natural Resources Policy Division (by video conference);
Ben Henderson, Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Natural Resources Policy Division (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Diane F. Griffin, Chair
The Honourable Ghislain Maltais, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Dagenais, *Day (or Mercer), Doyle, Eaton, Gagné, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Marwah, Mercer, Oh, Petitclerc, Pratte, *Smith (or Martin), Tardif, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Marwah replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (November 29, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Eaton was added to the membership (November 27, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Unger was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 27, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Unger was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Oh was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Doyle was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Dagenais was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Griffin was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Mercer was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Gagné was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Pratte was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Petitclerc was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Tardif was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Woo was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Mercer was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Tardif was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Pratte was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Bernard was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Galvez was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Petitclerc was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Woo was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Dagenais was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Doyle was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Oh was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Gagné was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).