Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

Issue No. 63 - Minutes of Proceedings - Meeting of April 2, 2019

OTTAWA, Tuesday, April 2, 2019
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry met this day at 6:13 p.m., in room W110, 1 Wellington St., the chair, the Honourable Diane F. Griffin, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Black (Ontario), Dagenais, Deacon (Nova Scotia), Doyle, Griffin, Kutcher, Maltais, Miville-Dechêne, Moodie and Oh (10).

In attendance: Corentin Bialais and Offah Obale, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, February 15, 2018, the committee continued its study on how the value-added food sector can be more competitive in global markets. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 47.)

WITNESSES:

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.

The chair made a statement.

Ms. Zatylny and Mr. Heney each made statements and, together with Ms. Murray, answered questions.

At 7:04 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 7:08 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mr. Lepage and Ms. Bell each made statements and answered questions.

At 7:47 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Kevin Pittman

Clerk of the Committee