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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 73
Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 3:30 p.m. to 5:17 p.m.
Presiding
Luc Berthold, Vice-Chair (Conservative)

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• Julie Dabrusin for Pat Finnigan (Liberal)
• Martin Shields for John Barlow (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Alison Clegg, Analyst
• Khamla Heminthavong, Analyst
Food Policy for Canada
As an individual
• Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on Right to Food, United Nations Human Rights Council
Canada Organic Trade Association
• Dag Falck, Organic Program Manager, Nature's Path Foods
• Tia Loftsgard, Executive Director
Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions
• Christina Franc, Executive Director
Co-operation Agri-food New Brunswick
• Marc Allain, Chief Executive Officer
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
• Natan Obed, President
National Cattle Feeders' Association
• Casey Vander Ploeg, Vice-President
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, the Committee resumed its study of a food policy for Canada.

Christina Franc, Hilal Elver, by videoconference from Istanbul, Turkey, and Casey Vander Ploeg, by videoconference from Calgary, Alberta, made statements and answered questions.

At 4:28 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:33 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Tia Loftsgard, Dag Falck, Marc Allain and Natan Obed made statements and answered questions.

At 5:17 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Marc-Olivier Girard
Clerk of the Committee