Agriculture Committee on Feb. 5th, 2018

Evidence of meeting #87 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 42nd 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

Climate Change and Water and Soil Conservation Issues
Committee Business

MPs speaking

Pat Finnigan
John Barlow
Lloyd Longfield
Alistair MacGregor
Joe Peschisolido
Eva Nassif
Earl Dreeshen
Luc Berthold
Francis Drouin
Jean-Claude Poissant
Pierre Breton

Also speaking

Clyde Graham  Senior Vice-President, Fertilizer Canada
Doyle Wiebe  Director, Grain Growers of Canada
Louis Gauthier  General Manager, Les Fraises de l'Île d'Orléans inc.
Marc Laflèche  Chairman of the Board of Directors and Agricultural Producer, Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens
Emilia Craiovan  Representative, Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

Luc Berthold Conservative Mégantic—L'Érable, QC

Does anyone have any other suggestions? This is really a study by the committee. If you agree with the proposed witness list, the clerk can start the process of contacting people, which may be challenging.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Pat Finnigan

If you would like to propose representatives from other countries, please let us know.

Are we all okay with the choice of countries we would like to hear from on the inspection side?

Mr. Longfield.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

Lloyd Longfield Liberal Guelph, ON

I should have been paying closer attention at the beginning. Do you have the EU in there?

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

Luc Berthold Conservative Mégantic—L'Érable, QC

Yes, EU, Japan, India, and U.S.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Pat Finnigan

All good?

Thank you everyone.

The meeting is adjourned.