Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19
Chair: The Honourable DIANE F. GRIFFIN
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Issue No. 63
Twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh meetings:
Study on how the value-added food sector can be more competitive in global markets
and
Ninth meeting:
Examine and report on issues relating to agriculture and forestry generally
WITNESSES:
Thursday, March 21, 2019
TruLeaf:
Gregg Curwin, Former Chief Executive Officer and Founder.
As an individual:
Simon Somogyi, Arrell Chair in the Business of Food and Associate Professor, University of Guelph.
University of Guelph:
Derek Vella, Manager, Guelph Food Innovation Centre.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Association of Canadian Port Authorities:
Wendy Zatylny, President;
Tim Heney, Chief Executive Officer, Thunder Bay Port Authority;
Debbie Murray, Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs.
Genome Canada:
Marc LePage, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Cindy Bell, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
City of Toronto:
Michael Wolfson, Sector Development Officer, Economic Development and Culture.
Taste of Nova Scotia:
Emily Haynes, Executive Director.
As an individual:
David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing, Imperial College London (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Diane F. Griffin, Chair
The Honourable Ghislain Maltais, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bernard, Black (Ontario), Dagenais, *Day (or Mercer), Deacon (Nova Scotia), Doyle, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Kutcher, Mercer, Miville-Dechêne, Moodie, Oh, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Moodie replaced the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain (March 20, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Kutcher replaced the Honourable Senator Ravalia (March 20, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Saint-Germain replaced the Honourable Senator Moodie (March 18, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Ravalia replaced the Honourable Senator Kutcher (March 18, 2019).