AGRI Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
Adam Vaughan moved, — That the Committee recommend to the House the following:
That the House recognizes that the government strongly supports supply management, dairy producers, and the Canadian dairy industry; and, consequently, the House urges the government to:
(a) recognize the magnitude of the economic losses to Canadian dairy producers from the importation of diafiltered milk, which has increased significantly over the last few years;
(b) recognize that the industry call for the problem to be resolved rapidly;
(c) meet with dairy producers and Canadian dairy industry, within the next thirty (30) days, in order to address the immediate impact of the economic losses cause by the importation of diafiltered milk, and to propose a sustainable solution toward modernizing the dairy industry; and
That the Chair report this to the House of Commons at the earliest opportunity.
Debate arose thereon.
Ruth Ellen Brosseau moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the word “ thirty (30) ” with the word “eighteen (18)”.
Chris Warkentin moved, — That the motion be amended by adding after the word “issue” the following: “and that the Minister appear in front of the Committee, to explain his findings and tell the Committee what he intends to do to resolve this issue”.
By unanimous consent, Adam Vaughan moved, — That the motion be amended by adding after the word “Committee” the following: “at his earliest convenience”.
The question was put on the amendment of Chris Warkentin, as amended, and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 0.
After debate, the question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
That the Committee recommend to the House the following:
That the House recognizes that the government strongly supports supply management, dairy producers, and the Canadian dairy industry; and, consequently, the House urges the government to:
(a) recognize the magnitude of the economic losses to Canadian dairy producers from the importation of diafiltered milk, which has increased significantly over the last few years;
(b) recognize that the industry call for the problem to be resolved rapidly;
(c) meet with dairy producers and Canadian dairy industry, within the next eighteen (18) days, in order to address the immediate impact of the economic losses cause by the importation of diafiltered milk, and to propose a sustainable solution toward modernizing the dairy industry;
That the Minister appear in front of the Committee, at his earliest convenience, to explain his findings and tell the Committee what he intends to do to resolve this issue; and
That the Chair report this to the House of Commons at the earliest opportunity.
On motion of Chris Warkentin, it was agreed, — That a proposed budget in the amount of $6,900 for the study of Canada’s Preferential Status under the United States Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) be adopted.
Jocelyn St-Denis, by videoconference from Sherrington, Quebec, Jason Verkaik and Fred Webber made statements and answered questions.
At 4:44 p.m., Bev Shipley took the Chair.
At 4:48 p.m., Pat Finnigan took the Chair.
On motion of Ruth Ellen Brosseau, it was agreed, — That the Committee produce a report on its study of Canada’s Preferential Status under the United States Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA); and that the report be presented to the House.
On motion of Francis Drouin, it was agreed, — That the Committee invite Professor Ron C.C. Cuming to present his research related to Canada’s Preferential Status under the United States Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) to the Committee, if possible on Wednesday, June 1, 2016.
On motion of Chris Warkentin, it was agreed, — That the Chair, with the assistance of the Clerk, organise the schedule of the first meetings of June 2016 in order to complete the study on Bee Health Monitoring in Canada and undertake the study on Canada's Next Multi-year Agricultural Policy Framework.
At 5:17 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.