Skip to main content
;

AGRI Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 34

Tuesday, June 3, 2003

The Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food met at 11:05 a.m. this day, in Room 209, West Block, the Chair, Paul Steckle, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Rick Borotsik, Mark Eyking, Howard Hilstrom, John Maloney, Dick Proctor, Bob Speller, Paul Steckle and Rose-Marie Ur.

Acting Member present: Bernard Bigras for Louis Plamondon.

In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Jean-Denis Fréchette, Analyst.

Witnesses: From the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food: Mary Komarynsky, Director General, Adaptation & Financial Guarantee Programs. From the Pest Management Regulatory Agency: Janice Hopkins, Director, Alternative Strategies and Regulatory Affairs Division; Imme Gerke, Minor Use Advisor.

Pursuant to the Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed consideration of the Government Response to the Third Report of the Committee (Registration of Pesticides and the Competitiveness of Canadian Farmers) of the First Session, 37th Parliament.

Mary Komarynsky and Janice Hopkins made opening statements and, with Imme Gerke, answered questions.

At 12:53 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 

 

Bibiane Ouellette

Clerk of the Committee