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Minutes of Proceedings

42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 64
Thursday, June 15, 2017, 11:03 a.m. to 1:02 p.m.
Presiding
Pat Finnigan, Chair (Liberal)

• Ted Falk for Jacques Gourde (Conservative)
• Raj Grewal for Pierre Breton (Liberal)
• Larry Maguire for Bev Shipley (Conservative)
• James Maloney for Pierre Breton (Liberal)
• Ted Falk (Conservative)
• Larry Maguire (Conservative)
• Jean-Claude Poissant (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Khamla Heminthavong, Analyst
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Harpreet Kochhar, Chief Veterinary Officer for Canada and Acting Vice-President, Operations
• Barbara Jordan, Acting Vice-President, Policy and Programs Branch
Manitoba Pork Council
• Andrew Dickson, General Manager
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
• Greg Douglas, Vice-President, Animal Care
P. Quintaine & Son Ltd.
• Quintin Pearce, General Manager
Steve's Livestock Transport
• Bill Rempel, Chief Operating Officer
Hylife Limited
• Claude Vielfaure, President
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, the Committee proceeded to a briefing on the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) Situation in Canada.

Harpreet Kochhar and Andrew Dickson made statements and, with Barbara Jordan, answered questions.

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

At 12:08 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Greg Douglas, by videoconference from Regina, Saskatchewan, Quintin Pearce, Claude Vielfaure and Bill Rempel made statements and answered questions.

At 12:42 p.m., Bev Shipley took the Chair.

At 12:51 p.m., Pat Finnigan took the Chair.

At 12:53 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:56 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

The Committee proceeded to give drafting instructions to the analysts.

At 1:02 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Jean-Denis Kusion
Clerk of the Committee