Evidence of meeting #8 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was pesticides.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Karen Dodds  Executive Director, Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Richard Aucoin  Chief Registrar, Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Department of Health
Lorne Hepworth  President, CropLife Canada
Bob Bartley  Director, Grain Growers of Canada
Peter MacLeod  Executive Director, CropLife Canada
Christine Moran  Executive Director, Grain Growers of Canada

10:55 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gerry Ritz

I'm saying we would have our committee meeting in the morning from nine to eleven. Then we could head out right after that, if possible, if there weren't votes that night or something. I can't foresee that.

10:55 a.m.

NDP

Alex Atamanenko NDP British Columbia Southern Interior, BC

We could have a proposal to leave early, so if we were doing that—

10:55 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gerry Ritz

Yes. But I'm saying we can do both. We can multi-task. It's not that far, as I understand it. We'd have to do the logistics.

10:55 a.m.

Conservative

David Anderson Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK

If you go you'll likely have to cancel your committee meeting. That's part of committee business. You can consider it to be your committee business for the day if you go. It's up to the committee to make the decision, I guess.

10:55 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gerry Ritz

Do you want to think about it over the weekend and finalize it on Tuesday? Okay.

Roger wants us to go. He doesn't want to go by himself.

Thanks, folks. This meeting stands adjourned.