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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18

Chair: The Honourable DIANE F. GRIFFIN

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Issue No. 49

Second meeting:
Examine and report on issues relating to agriculture and forestry generally

Third meeting:
Study on how the value-added food sector can be more competitive in global markets

WITNESSES

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

As individuals:

Mark Lefsrud, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University;

Youbin Zheng, Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph (by video conference);

Michael Dixon, Professor and Director, Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph (by video conference);

Deron Caplan, PhD candidate, University of Guelph (by video conference).

CropLife Canada:

Dennis Prouse, Vice-President, Government Affairs;

Maria Trainer, Director of Regulatory Affairs.

Scotts Canada Limited:

Karen Stephenson, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Stakeholder Relations.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Canadian Canola Growers Association:

Jack Froese, President;

Catherine Scovil, Director of Government Relations.

Canadian Oilseed Processors Association:

Chris Vervaet, Executive Director.

Canola Council of Canada:

Brian Innes, Vice-President, Public Affairs.

Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters:

Joy Nott, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Keith Mussar, Vice President Regulatory Affairs (by video conference).

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Diane F. Griffin, Chair

The Honourable Ghislain Maltais, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Ataullahjan, Black (Ontario), Dagenais, *Day (or Mercer), Doyle, Gagné, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Marwah, Mercer, Oh, Petitclerc, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change 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 (April 25, 2018).

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