I call the meeting to order.
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food.
This is meeting number 55. Pursuant to orders of the day, we are studying the order of reference of Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Bill S-11, An Act respecting food commodities, including their inspection, their safety, their labelling and advertising, their import, export and interprovincial trade, the establishment of standards for them, the registration or licensing of persons who perform certain activities related to them, the establishment of standards governing establishments where those activities are performed and the registration of establishments where those activities are performed.
Joining us today to help us with clause-by-clause, from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, are Mr. Neil Bouwer, vice-president, policy and programs, and Colleen Barnes, executive director; and from the Department of Justice, Julie Adair. Welcome.
We will start with the clause-by-clause, and if there is clarification or discussion needed, we'll go to our witness list and proceed from there.
I am going to postpone clause 1, the short title. It's always dealt with at the end of the bill, and we'll move into clause 2, where we have an amendment, NDP-1, in your booklet.
I will go to Mr. Allen.
(On clause 2—Definitions)