EVIDENCE Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food NUMBER 039 2nd SESSION 39th PARLIAMENT Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Le mardi juin Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food CANADA [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus] EVIDENCE June 10, 2008 Committee Edited Evidence * Table of Contents * Number 039 (Official Version) Official Report * Table of Contents * Number 039 (Official Version) Témoignages * Table des matières * Numéro 039 (Version officielle) 39 10 06 2008 2008/06/10 09:05:00 House of Commons Comité permanent de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food AGRI Chair Mr. James Bezan 39 PUBLIC PART ONLY -

PARTIE PUBLIQUE SEULEMENT (0905) [ English ] The Chair (Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake, CPC)) : Order, please. We're in public session. Mr. Lauzon wants to table a notice of motion. Mr. Lauzon. Mr. Guy Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, CPC) : Mr. Chair, I'd like to table the following motion. I hope it can be discussed first thing on Thursday morning.

The notice of motion reads as follows: “That the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food urge the Government of Canada to ensure Canadian farmers are not saddled with a carbon tax, which would further increase their input costs and hurt their competitiveness vis-à-vis their American competitors.” Mr. Chair, since we're studying input costs, I think it's critical that we discuss this at the earliest possible point in time. I have it in both official languages. The Chair : You can give it to the clerk. That's our 48-hour notice on it.

We'll deal with this motion on Thursday at our meeting, and it will be put on the agenda as such. Mr. Brian Storseth (Westlock—St. Paul, CPC) : Wayne assures us he knows the plan is just secret. The Chair : Okay. With that, I don't see any other business for the public part of this meeting. I'm going to suspend and go back in camera. [ Proceedings continue in camera ] [ Public proceedings resume ]

(0950) The Chair : The meeting is back in session, and Mr. Storseth, you have the floor. Mr. Brian Storseth : Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. When we had Ian White, the president of the Canadian Wheat Board, before us, he talked about some survey analysis that had been done. I believe it has been released, but has the Wheat Board tabled for us the results of the survey, as he had suggested he would? The Chair : Have we received the results? No, I don't think we have. I know they were presented at the Senate committee, though. Ms. Skelton. Hon.

Carol Skelton (Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, CPC) : I asked specifically for that. The Chair : I know you asked specifically for it. So maybe we should follow up with the Wheat Board to get that report. Hon. Carol Skelton : Yes. Mr. Brian Storseth : There has been some distortion of what the numbers actually add up to, so if the entire committee could get the survey results— The Chair : Okay, we'll contact the Wheat Board and ask Mr. White to provide us with the survey results, as he was requested to do at the committee hearing. Are there any other comments? I'll take a motion to adjourn. Thank you, Mr. Steckle.

The meeting is adjourned.