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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 9
 
Monday, October 24, 2011
 

The Standing Committee on Natural Resources met at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 268, La Promenade Building, the Chair, Leon Benoit, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Mike Allen, Leon Benoit, Blaine Calkins, Anne-Marie Day, Claude Gravelle, Richard M. Harris, François Lapointe, Wladyslaw Lizon, David J. McGuinty and Brad Trost.

 

Acting Members present: Stella Ambler for Blaine Calkins, LaVar Payne for David Anderson and Kennedy Stewart for Romeo Saganash.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Jean-Luc Bourdages, Analyst; Mohamed Zakzouk, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Canadian Space Agency: Steve MacLean, President; Chummer Farina, Vice-President. Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada: Richard Moore, Chair, Geosciences Committee; Scott Cavan, Program Director, Aboriginal Affairs. Geomatics Industry Association of Canada: James Ferguson, Chair and Acting President.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on September 26, 2011, the Committee resumed its study on resource development in Northern Canada.
 

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study on resource development in Northern Canada, the proposed budget in the amount of $78,200 be adopted and that the Chair present the said budget to the Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee.

 

It was agreed, — That the officials from the department of Natural Resources Canada who appeared on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, be invited to appear again in relation to the study on resource development in Northern Canada.

 

Steve MacLean, Richard Moore and James Ferguson made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

 

At 5:30 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Andrew Lauzon
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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