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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 48
Thursday, March 9, 2017, 11:03 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Presiding
Pat Finnigan, Chair (Liberal)

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• Larry Maguire for Bev Shipley (Conservative)
• Martin Shields for David Anderson (Conservative)
• Jean-Claude Poissant (Liberal)
House of Commons
• Suzie Cadieux, Procedural Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Frédéric Forge, Analyst
• Khamla Heminthavong, Analyst
PMRA Decision Concerning the Neonicotinoid Insecticide Imidacloprid
Équiterre
• Annie Bérubé, Director, Government Relations
Grain Farmers of Ontario
• Mark Brock, Chairman
David Suzuki Foundation
• Lisa Gue, Senior Researcher and Analyst, Science and Policy Unit, Ottawa
Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association
• Craig Hunter, Expert Advisor, Pesticides
Canadian Honey Council
• Rod Scarlett, Executive Director
Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers
• Justine Taylor, Science and Government Relations Manager
As an individual
• Pierre Giovenazzo, Professor, Sciences apicoles, Centre de recherche en sciences animales de Deschambault, Université Laval
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, February 16, 2017, the Committee resumed its study of the PMRA decision concerning the Neonicotinoid Insecticide Imidacloprid.

Craig Hunter, Justine Taylor, Lisa Gue and Annie Bérubé made statements and answered questions.

At 11:57 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:05 p.m., the sitting resumed.

It was agreed, — That the Committee undertake a study related to Canada-United States Cooperation in Agriculture.

Pierre Giovenazzo, Mark Brock and Rod Scarlett made statements and answered questions.

At 1:00 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Jean-Denis Kusion
Clerk of the Committee