Agriculture Committee on Oct. 27th, 2011

Evidence of meeting #8 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 41st Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was crops.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Growing Forward 2

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Evan Fraser Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair, Department of Geography, University of Guelph, As an Individual

Peter W.B. Phillips Professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan

Murray McLaughlin President and Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Chemistry Alliance

Anne Fowlie Executive Vice-President, Canadian Horticultural Council

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Oh, yes. We will complete this list, have the department on the 15th, and if it's okay with everybody we could move on to something else on the 17th. That's what we're suggesting.

Any opposition to that?

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

No.

We should decide what we're going to move on to so we can get witnesses and so forth.

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Okay.

We are pretty well out of time. I know I've got an event I have to go to right away.

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

We can discuss it at the next meeting.

October 27th, 2011 / 5:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Or you can e-mail me tomorrow, or Monday at the latest, or e-mail the clerk directly just to give some ideas. And if we can get a consensus on what category we will go forward on, then I need witnesses from everybody ASAP so David can get to work on them.

Okay?

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Chair, the analyst had put together a work plan. I don't know if everyone still has this.

Mr. Valeriote, do you still have that work plan from the analyst?

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

What is the next one on that list, Pierre?

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

There's business risk management, science and innovation, competitive enterprises, marketing and trade, and meeting consumer demand.

I thought maybe the analyst or the clerk could fire it around again so that everyone's got a copy of this. We can pick from that and discuss it briefly at our next meeting.

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Frédéric, does it matter to you, in any way, which one we go with next?

It makes no difference to you? Is business risk management okay, or do you want something else?

It doesn't matter to me.

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

We can come back to you on that.

5:30 p.m.

Some hon. members