TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food presents the following as its First Report. Meetings Your Committee met on the following occasions in Room 255 of the Legislative Building: • June 6, 2008 • June 7, 2008 • June 9, 2008 10:00 a.m. • June 9, 2008 6:00 p.m. • June 10, 2008 • June 11, 2008 • June 12, 2008 Matters under Consideration • Bill (No. 17) – The Environment Amendment Act (Permanent Ban on Building or Expanding Hog Facilities)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement (interdiction permanente visant la construction ou l'agrandissement d'installations réservées aux porcs) Committee Membership Committee Membership for the June 6, 2008 meeting: • Ms. BLADY • Mr. BRIESE • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. McFADYEN • Hon. Ms. MELNICK • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF • Mr. PEDERSEN • Hon. Mr. RONDEAU • Ms. SELBY • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS • Hon. Ms. WOWCHUK Your Committee elected Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF as the Chairperson at the June 6, 2008 meeting. Your Committee elected Ms. BLADY as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 6, 2008 meeting. Your Committee elected Ms.

BRICK as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 6, 2008 meeting. Substitutions received during committee proceedings at the June 6, 2008 meeting: • Hon. Ms. IRVIN-ROSS for Ms. SELBY • Ms. SELBY for Hon. Ms. IRVIN-ROSS • Ms. HOWARD for Hon. Mr. RONDEAU • Ms. KORZENIOWSKI for Ms. SELBY • Ms. BRICK for Ms. BLADY • Mr. GOERTZEN for Mr. McFADYEN • Hon. Mr. SWAN for Ms. HOWARD • Ms. BRAUN for Ms. KORZENIOWSKI • Ms. MARCELINO for Hon. Ms. MELNICK Committee Membership for the June 7, 2008 meeting: • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. GRAYDON • Ms. HOWARD • Mr. MAGUIRE • Ms. MARCELINO • Hon. Ms. MELNICK • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF (Chairperson) • Mr.

SARAN • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS

• Mrs. TAILLIEU • Hon. Ms. WOWCHUK Your Committee elected Ms. HOWARD as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 7, 2008 meeting. Your Committee elected Mr. CALDWELL as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 7, 2008 meeting. Substitutions received during committee proceedings at the June 7, 2008 meeting: • Mr. MARTINDALE for Ms. MARCELINO • Ms. MARCELINO for Mr. MARTINDALE • Mr. PEDERSEN for Mr. GRAYDON • Mrs. ROWAT for Mr. MAGUIRE • Mr. ALTEMEYER for Mr. SARAN • Mr. GOERTZEN for Mrs. ROWAT • Mr. McFADYEN for Mrs. TAILLIEU • Mr. CALDWELL for Hon. Ms. WOWCHUK • Hon. Mr. SWAN for Hon. Ms. MELNICK • Mr. SARAN for Mr.

ALTEMEYER • Mr. DEWAR for Ms. HOWARD Committee Membership for the June 9, 2008 10:00 a.m. meeting: • Mr. CALDWELL (Vice-Chairperson) • Mr. DYCK • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. GOERTZEN • Ms. HOWARD • Mr. McFADYEN • Hon. Ms. MELNICK • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF (Chairperson) • Mr. SELBY • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS • Hon. Ms. WOWCHUK Substitutions received during committee proceedings at the June 9, 2008 10:00 a.m. meeting: • Hon. Mr. RONDEAU for Hon. Ms. WOWCHUK • Hon. Mr. LEMIEUX for Hon. Mr. RONDEAU Committee Membership for the June 9, 2008 6:00 p.m. meeting: • Hon. Ms. ALLAN • Mr. BOROTSIK • Ms. BRICK • Mr. BRIESE • Mr. EICHLER • Mr.

JENNISSEN • Hon. Mr. LEMIEUX • Hon. Ms. McGIFFORD • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF (Chairperson) • Mr. PEDERSEN • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS Your Committee elected Ms. BRICK as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 9, 2008 6:00 p.m. meeting. Committee Membership for the June 10, 2008 meeting: • Ms. BLADY • Mr. CALDWELL • Mr. DERKACH • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. GRAYDON • Ms. HOWARD • Hon. Mr. LATHLIN • Mr. MAGUIRE • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF (Chairperson) • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS • Hon. Ms. WOWCHUK

Your Committee elected Ms. HOWARD as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 10, 2008 meeting. Your Committee elected Mr. ALTEMEYER as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 10, 2008 meeting. Substitutions received during committee proceedings at the June 10, 2008 meeting: • Hon. Ms. OSWALD for Hon. Mr. LATHLIN • Mr. ALTEMEYER for Ms. BLADY • Ms. MARCELINO for Mr. CALDWELL • Mr. MARTINDALE for Ms. HOWARD Committee Membership for the June 11, 2008 meeting: • Hon. Mr. ASHTON • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. GRAYDON • Mr. JHA • Mr. PEDERSEN • Hon. Mr. MACKINTOSH • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF (Chairperson) • Mrs. ROWAT • Ms. SELBY • Hon. Mr.

STRUTHERS • Hon. Ms. WOWCHUK Your Committee elected Ms. SELBY as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 11, 2008 meeting. Your Committee elected Ms. HOWARD as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 11, 2008 meeting. Substitutions received during committee proceedings at the June 11, 2008 meeting: • Mrs. STEFANSON for Mr. PEDERSEN • Mrs. TAILLIEU for Mr. GRAYDON • Hon. Mr. LEMIEUX for Hon. Mr. MACKINTOSH • Hon. Ms. IRVIN-ROSS for Hon. Mr. ASHTON • Hon. Ms. McGIFFORD for Mr. JHA • Ms. HOWARD for Ms. SELBY • Mr. DERKACH for Ms. ROWAT Committee Membership for the June 12, 2008 meeting: • Hon. Mr. ASHTON • Mr. BLADY • Ms.

BRICK • Mrs. DRIEDGER • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. FAURSCHOU • Mr. MALOWAY • Hon. Ms. MELNICK • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF (Chairperson) • Mr. PEDERSEN • Hon. Mr. STRUTHERS Your Committee elected Ms. BRICK as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 12, 2008 meeting. Your Committee elected Ms. BRAUN as the Vice-Chairperson at the June 12, 2008 meeting. Substitutions received during committee proceedings at the June 12, 2008 meeting: • Mr. DERKACH for Mr. FAURSCHOU • Mr. REID for Ms. BLADY • Ms. BRAUN for Ms. BRICK • Mr. SARAN for Mr. MALOWAY • Hon. Mr. BJORNSON for Hon. Mr. ASHTON

Public Presentations Your Committee heard the following 263 presentations on Bill (No. 17) – The Environment Amendment Act (Permanent Ban on Building or Expanding Hog Facilities)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement (interdiction permanente visant la construction ou l'agrandissement d'installations réservées aux porcs): June 6, 2008 meeting 1. Karl Kynoch Manitoba Pork Council 2. Ruth Pryzner Private Citizen 3. Robert McLean Keystone Agricultural Producers 4. Shannon Martin Canadian Federation of Independent Business 5. David Wiens Dairy Farmers of Manitoba 6. Ab Freig Puratone 7. Richard Bergmann Private Citizen 8. Beerd Hop Private Citizen 9. Garry Tolton Private Citizen 10. Herm Martens RM of Morris 11. Garry Wasylowski Private Citizen 12. Fred Tait Hog Watch Manitoba 13.

Martin Unrau President of Manitoba Cattle Producers Association 14. Hank Enns Manitoba Corn Growers Association 15. Weldon Newton Private Citizen 16. Sheldon Stott Hytek Limited 17. Bryan Ferriss Private Citizen 18. Graham Starmer Manitoba Chambers of Commerce 19. Sam Gross Private Citizen 20. Ben Hofer Private Citizen 21. Ray Timmerman Private Citizen 22. Roland Rasmussen, Reeve R.M. of Cartier 23. Dawn Harris Private Citizen 24. Aaron Hofer James Valley Colony 25. Mike “Spurs” Waldner Cool Spring Colony 26. Ron Friesen East-Man Feeds 27. Ken Waddell Private Citizen 28. Nathan Gross Private Citizen 29.

Doug Redekop Kelly Farms Ltd. 30. Art Bergmann RM of St. Anne 31. John Preun Manitoba Pork Marketing 32. George Matheson Private Citizen 33. Jeff Friesen Private Citizen 34. John Kroeker Penner Farm Services 35. Kurt Siemens Manitoba Egg Producers 36. Paul Neustaedter Steinbach Chamber of Commerce 37. Scott Dick & Cliff Loewen Agra-Golds Consulting Ltd. 38. Johannes Waldner Better Air Manufacturing 39. Brent Byggdin Private Citizen 40. Marty Seymour Private Citizen 41. Andrew Dickson Private Citizen 42. Garry Wollmann Private Citizen 43. Darryl Herman Private Citizen 44. Tom Hofer Private Citizen 45.

Bill Harrison Private Citizen 46. Bill Matheson Private Citizen 47. Harry Siemans Private Citizen 48. J. Neil Dobson The Feed & Livestock Industry 49. Colin Craig Canadian Taxpayer's Federation 50. John McDonald Private Citizen 51. Herb Schultz Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (Manitoba Division) June 7, 2008 meeting 52. John Morrison Concerned Citizens of the Sturgeon Creek Watershed 53. Kurt Stoess Private Citizen 54. Jacob Hofer Private Citizen 55. Claude Lachance Private Citizen 56. Richard Taillefer Private Citizen 57. Jason Falk Hespeler Hog Farm 58. Allan Steinke R.M. of Victoria

59. Sieg Peters Private Citizen 60. Ron St. Hilaire Private Citizen 61. Tom Greaves Private Citizen 62. Dennis Kornelsen Private Citizen 63. Mike Maendel Private Citizen 64. Jamie Hofer Private Citizen 65. Ian Kleinsasser Private Citizen 66. Jake Hofer Private Citizen 67. Terry Hofer Private Citizen 68. Andy Gross Private Citizen 69. Dwayne Hofer Private Citizen 70. Joe Dolecki Private Citizen 71. Larry Maendel Private Citizen 72. Peter Wipf Maxwell Colony 73. Cameron Maendel Private Citizen 74. Dan Van Schepdael Synergy Swine 75. Perry Mohr Private Citizen 76. Gerald Siemens Siefort Farms Ltd 77.

Denny Kleinsasser Private Citizen 78. Arnie Waldner Private Citizen 79. Tom Waldner Private Citizen 80. Brian Klassen Nutricycle Inc. 81. Ray Wipf Private Citizen 82. Victor Kleinsasser Private Citizen 83. Ron Klippenstein Private Citizen 84. Michael Wurtz Private Citizen 85. David Wurtz Private Citizen 86. Bill Vaags Private Citizen 87. Peter Wipf Private Citizen 88. Sandra Trinkies Private Citizen 89. Doug Cavers CAO RM of Hanover 90. Stan Toews Private Citizen 91. Chris Maendel Private Citizen 92. John Bannister Private Citizen 93. Alan Bell Superior Agri System 94. Don Kroeker Private Citizen 95.

Professor Don Flaton Chair of the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment at the University of Manitoba 96. Peter Hombach, President Environmental Technologies & Export Initiatives Association 97. Mike Teillet Private Citizen 98. Diana Ludwick Occupational Health Centre 99. Brian Siemens Private Citizen 100. David Gsell Private Citizen 101. Joe Marshall Private Citizen 102. Betty Siemens Private Citizen 103. Ernie Siemens Private Citizen June 9, 2008 10:00 a.m. meeting 104. Adrien Grenier Private Citizen 105. Paul Grenier Private Citizen 106. Marcel Hacault Private Citizen 107.

George Camara Camara Ent. 108. Joe Van Schepdael Van Schepdael Farms 109. John Nickel Private Citizen June 9, 2008 6:00 p.m. meeting 110. Dave Hunter Private Citizen 111. John Allen Private Citizen 112. Dennis Thiessen Private Citizen 113. James Hofer Private Citizen 114. Olayinka Brimoh Private Citizen 115. Nathan Baer Airport Colony 116. Lyle Peters Private Citizen 117. Glen Koroluk Beyond Factory Farming 118. Arian DeBekker Morris Piglets Ltd. 119. Garry Verhoog Private Citizen 120. Joel Grenier Private Citizen

121. Gordon Siemens Castlewood Farms 122. Stan Siemens Private Citizen 123. Bennett Hofer Private Citizen 124. Steve Hofer Private Citizen 125. Ken Rempel Private Citizen 126. Leonard Maendel Private Citizen 127. Ron Johnston Paradigm Farms Ltd. 128. Lyle Loewen Private Citizen 129. Henry Holtman Private Citizen 130. Christine Waddell Private Citizen 131. Lara Forchuk Private Citizen 132. Harvey Dann Private Citizen 133. Dennis Stevenson Private Citizen 134. Ted Neufeld Private Citizen 135. Brendan Penner Border Rock Farms 136. Paul Wurtz Private Citizen 137. David Hofer Private Citizen 138.

Rena Hop Private Citizen 139. Marinus Hop Private Citizen 140. Don Winnicky Private Citizen 141. Rickey Maendel Private Citizen 142. Kathy Neufeld Private Citizen 143. Dwayne Friesen Private Citizen 144. Peter DeJong Private Citizen 145. Shane Sadorski Private Citizen June 10, 2008 meeting 146. Evan Penner Private Citizen 147. David Waldner Private Citizen 148. Steven Waldner Private Citizen 149. Steve Penner Pioneer Meat 150. Laura Waldner Private Citizen 151. Adrian Gross Private Citizen 152. Marie Hofer Private Citizen 153. Kelvin Waldner Private Citizen 154. Sheldon Waldner Private Citizen 155.

Doug Martin South Interlake Land Management Association 156. Gerry Martin Private Citizen 157. Raymond Funk Private Citizen 158. John Waldner Private Citizen 159. Melvin Penner Private Citizen 160. Dave Van Walleghem Private Citizen 161. Christopher Tokaruk Designed Genetics Inc. 162. Curt Plaitin Private Citizen 163. Paul Maendel Prairie Blossom Colony 164. Reuben Waldner Private Citizen 165. Titus Baer Private Citizen 166. Dwayne Wollman Private Citizen 167. Jack Penner Private Citizen 168. Jonathan Maendel Private Citizen 169. Blair Cressman Private Citizen 170. Edwin Hofer Miami Colony Farms Ltd. 171.

Jeremy Maendel Private Citizen 172. Tom Leppelmann Private Citizen 173. Martin Gross Iberville Colony 174. Brad Schnell Private Citizen 175. Rika Koelstra Private Citizen 176. Christine Kynoch Private Citizen 177. Michael Sykes Private Citizen 178. Raymond Cherniak Private Citizen 179. Julie Baird Private Citizen 180. Jim Peters Silverfield Farms Inc. 181. Edward Hofer Private Citizen 182. Judith Hamilton Private Citizen 183. Michael Sheridan Private Citizen 184. Dan Klippenstein Private Citizen 185. Phillip Hofer Private Citizen 186. Julianna Klippenstein Private Citizen

187. Menno Bergen Private Citizen 188. Darcy Pauls Private Citizen 189. Neil Cutler Private Citizen 190. Fergus Hand Private Citizen 191. Matthew Klippenstein Private Citizen 192. Jason McNaughton Standard Nutrition Canada June 11, 2008 meeting 193. Daniel Wyrich Private Citizen 194. Justina Hop Private Citizen 195. Jeff Bond Private Citizen 196. Waldie Klassen Manitoba Chicken Producers 197. Doug Sisson Private Citizen 198. Aaron P. Hofer Private Citizen 199. Ken Foster Private Citizen 200. Greg McIvor Private Citizen 201. Greg Fehr Mayor, Town of Niverville 202. Scott Penner Private Citizen 203.

Gordon Dyck Private Citizen 204. Harold Foster RM of Bifrost 205. Ed Peters Private Citizen 206. Arnold Waldner Private Citizen 207. Mark Lanouette Private Citizen 208. Ian Wishart Private Citizen 209. Carol Clegg Private Citizen 210. Orville Schinkel Private Citizen 211. Jason Hofer Private Citizen 212. Leon Clegg Private Citizen 213. Dave Jolicoeur Private Citizen 214. Chris Latimer Nutrition Partners 215. Peter Provis Sheridan Hauser Provis Swine Health Services Ltd. 216. Karen Wittenberg Associate Dean Research for the Faculty of Agricultural Food and Sciences 217. Mark Peters Private Citizen 218.

Dennis Robles Private Citizen 219. Dennis & Christopher Kozier Private Citizen 220. Dr. Laurie Connor Private Citizen 221. Dave Wall Private Citizen 222. Geoffrey Downey Private Citizen 223. Eric Klassen Private Citizen 224. Michael Hofer Private Citizen 225. Wally Driedger Private Citizen 226. Albert Maendel Private Citizen 227. Kenneth Maendel Private Citizen 228. Mike Maendel Private Citizen 229. Leonard Friesen Private Citizen 230. Wendy Friesen Private Citizen 231. Robert Kleinsasser Suncrest Colony 232. Reg Penner Private Citizen 233. Galen Peters Private Citizen 234. Lauren Wiebe Topeaka Farm 235.

Rolf Penner Private Citizen June 12, 2008 meeting 236. Madisson Stott Private Citizen 237. Mike Van Schepdael Genesus Inc 238. Jacob Waldner Private Citizen 239. Isaac Hofer Private Citizen 240. Lyndon Waldner Private Citizen 241. Peter Waldner Private Citizen 242. Miles Beaudin Private Citizen 243. Kevin Kurbis New Standard Ag 244. Martin Sharpe Little Saskatchewan Feed Yard Group 245. Rick Friesen Private Citizen 246. Les Routledge Private Citizen 247. Edward Maendel Private Citizen 248. Rick Bergmann Maple Leaf Foods 249. David Sutherland Private Citizen

250. Levi Bergen Private Citizen 251. Susanne Richter Private Citizen 252. Dave Hildebrandt Private Citizen 253. Fred Fast Private Citizen 254. Jacob Rempel Private Citizen 255. Matthew Waldner Private Citizen 256. Larry Friesen Devon Ridge Farms 257. Norm Paisley Pro-Ag Products Ltd. 258. Dickson Gould Private Citizen 259. Vicki Burns Private Citizen 260. Blaine Tully Private Citizen 261. Bill McDonald Winnipeg Humane Society 262. Greg Muench Private Citizen 263. Tracey Bryksa Private Citizen 264. Xavier Temple Private Citizen 265. David Grant Private Citizen 266. Brian White Private Citizen 267.

Mike Radcliffe Starlight Colony 268. Peter Mah Private Citizen Written Submissions Your Committee received the following 47 written submissions on Bill (No. 17) – The Environment Amendment A ct (Permanent Ban on Building or Expanding Hog Facilities)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement (interdiction permanente visant la construction ou l'agrandissement d'installations réservées aux porcs): 1. Harold Froese Private Citizen 2. Denise Trafford Private Citizen 3. Joe Leshyshyn Private Citizen 4. Joshua Waldner Private Citizen 5. Syed Abu Rehan Private Citizen 6. Ashley Trinkies Private Citizen 7. Lorena Ewart Private Citizen 8. Auke Bergsma Private Citizen 9. Kelly Fargher Private Citizen 10. Elaine Henrotte Private Citizen 11. Cheryl Kennedy Courcelles Private Citizen 12. Randy Tkachyk Private Citizen 13. Mack Waldner Private Citizen 14. Alvin Gross Private Citizen 15.

Paul Gross Private Citizen 16. Kevin Toles Private Citizen 17. Richard Sukkau Private Citizen 18. Lindy Clubb Private Citizen 19. Bonnie Nay Private Citizen 20. Aaron Gross Private Citizen 21. Jonathan Gross Private Citizen 22. Claudette Taillefer Private Citizen 23. Darren Bates Private Citizen 24. David Waldner Private Citizen 25. Henry Rosolowski Private Citizen 26. Hugh Arklie Springfield Hogwatch 27. Sandra Klassen Private Citizen 28. Josh Waldner Private Citizen 29. Brent Manning Private Citizen 30. Ernie Sirski Manitoba Canola Growers 31. Conrad Gross Private Citizen 32. Clint Miller Private Citizen 33.

Andy Cardy Private Citizen 34. Denise Trafford Private Citizen 35. Joshua Waldner Private Citizen 36. Dr. Colleen Marion & Dr. Brad Chappell Private Citizens 37. Andrew Waddell Private Citizen 38. David Hedman Private Citizen 39. Janet Honey Private Citizen

40. Louise Hedman Private Citizen 41. Michael Andres Private Citizen 42. Jake & Lorraine Wiebe Private Citizen 43. Lydia Falk Private Citizen 44. Ben Ginter Private Citizen 45. Estelle Thornson Private Citizen 46. Randy Rutherford Private Citizen 47. Irvin Funk Private Citizen Bills Considered and Reported • Bill (No. 17) – The Environment Amendment Ac t (Permanent Ban on Building or Expanding Hog Facilities)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement (interdiction permanente visant la construction ou l'agrandissement d'installations réservées aux porcs) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment on a recorded vote of yeas, 6 nays 4. Submitted by, _______________________________ Mr. Thomas Nevakshonoff, Chairperson June 12, 2008