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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 87

Thursday, December 7, 2023, 11:02 a.m. to 12:57 p.m.

Room 410, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Presiding

Hon. Judy A. Sgro, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Richard Cannings

Acting Members present

• Maxime Blanchette-Joncas for Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Bloc Québécois)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Offah Obale, Analyst

• Simon Richards, Analyst

The 2023 Strike at the Port of Vancouver: Selected Impacts, Responses and Port-related Innovation

Witnesses

Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association

• Bruce Rodgers, Executive Director

• Julia Kuzeljevich, Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs

Canadian Meat Council

• Lauren Martin, Senior Director, Government Relations and Policy

Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

• Bridgitte Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer

Freight Management Association of Canada

• Robert Ballantyne, Past President and Senior Advisor

Mining Association of British Columbia

• Tim McEwan, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Syndicat des débardeurs, section locale 375 du Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique

• Michel Murray, Union Adviser, Longshoreman Union in the port of Montréal

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, the committee resumed its study of the 2023 strike at the Port of Vancouver: selected impacts, responses and port-related innovation.

The witnesses made statements and answered questions.

It was agreed, — That, in the context of the study of the 2023 strike at the Port of Vancouver: selected impacts, responses and port-related innovation, the deadline for the submission of briefs be no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2023.

At 12:57 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Sophia Nickel

Clerk of the committee