Evidence of meeting #9 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was products.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Michael Coteau
Do you want to pause for three or four minutes to have some conversations? Is that okay with everyone?
We'll pause for three or four minutes. You guys can talk, and we'll reconvene.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Michael Coteau
I call the meeting back to order.
I hear we have a solution.
Go ahead, Mr. Barlow.
Conservative
John Barlow Conservative Foothills, AB
We talked among ourselves. Monday would be the spent fowl. We would have one more on the grocery code. That would be next Thursday. We would leave that open. For the rest of the meetings until Remembrance Day break, we would focus on regulatory red tape. That would be it for witnesses.
After we get back from the break, we would work on the red tape study, so two more meetings with witnesses and then the report.
Bloc
Yves Perron Bloc Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
Yes, Mr. Chair. We’re all on the same page.
If our calculation is correct, we can see that we have three meetings left, not two. We have five more meetings from today before the November break.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Michael Coteau
I think it's four. It's Monday and Thursday, and then Monday and Thursday.
Bloc
Yves Perron Bloc Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
You’re right, Mr. Chair. We have four more meetings.
Our goal is to hear all witnesses before the November break. I’m afraid analysts will not have a break and they’ll use that time to prepare the first draft of the report.
We can start work on the study report when we come back, and we can aim to pass it before Christmas.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Michael Coteau
Would we have to provide instructions for the report? We would have to schedule it for at least 15 minutes at the end of those meetings.
Do you think you can work within that framework? We would have four meetings, do the instructions and get everything done by the Remembrance Day break.
Daniel Farrelly Committee Researcher
We can have the draft report ready for you on the 17th, when we come back from the break.
October 23rd, 2025 / 5:30 p.m.
Liberal
Sophie Chatel Liberal Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, QC
I completely agree, Mr. Chair.
Since we’ve reduced the number of sessions with witnesses to two, some of them might not be able to testify.
In that case, I would invite them to send their recommendations in writing. We understand the problems well, but they have solutions to share with us, and I would invite them to do so in writing. We can tell them that we only have two more meetings and that we were not able to invite them.
If members of the committee are agreeable, we can ask them to submit recommendations on reducing red tape.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Michael Coteau
Does everyone agree with that?
Okay. That's perfect.
Do you have everything you need?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Michael Coteau
Is it possible to get that document saying what our next four meetings will look like and send it out to the members?