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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 15
 
Monday, February 3, 2014
 

The Standing Committee on International Trade met at 9:02 a.m. this day, in Crystal Ballroom B & C, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, the Chair, the Hon. Rob Merrifield, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Hon. Ron Cannan, Don Davies, Russ Hiebert, Ed Holder, Hon. Rob Merrifield, Massimo Pacetti and Jasbir Sandhu.

 

Acting Members present: Jean Crowder for Marc-André Morin, Randy Hoback for Hon. Ted Menzies and Laurin Liu for Brian Masse.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Alexandre Gauthier, Analyst; Pascal Tremblay, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Wavefront Wireless Commercialization Centre Society: James Maynard, President and Chief Executive Officer. Business Council of British Columbia: Jock Finlayson, Executive Vice-President and Chief Policy Officer. City of Burnaby: Derek Corrigan, Mayor; Sav Dhaliwal, Councillor. CUPE BC: Blair Redlin, Research Consultant. BC Technology Industry Association: Bill Tam, President and Chief Executive Officer. City of Abbotsford: Bruce Banman, Mayor. City of Victoria: Marianne Alto, Councillor. Coast Forest Products Association: Rick Jeffery, President and Chief Executive Officer; Susan Gagnon, Director, Communications and Research. Farm House Natural Cheeses: Debra Amrein-Boyes, President. Freybe Gourmet Foods: Sven Freybe, President. British Columbia Dairy Association: Stan Van Keulen, Board Member. LifeSciences British Columbia: Paul Drohan, President and Chief Executive Officer; Gordon McCauley, Chair, Board of Directors.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, October 29, 2013, the Committee resumed its study of the Canada-European Union comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA).
 

Jock Finlayson and James Maynard made statements and answered questions.

 

At 10:02 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:23 a.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Blair Redlin, Derek Corrigan and Sav Dhaliwal made statements and answered questions.

 

At 11:24 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:34 a.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Bruce Banman and Bill Tam made statements and answered questions.

 

At 12:33 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 2:03 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Marianne Alto and Rick Jeffery made statements and, with Susan Gagnon, answered questions.

 

At 3:03 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 3:16 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Debra Amrein-Boyes and Sven Freybe made statements and answered questions.

 

At 4:16 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:26 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Stan Van Keulen and Gordon McCauley made statements and, with Paul Drohan, answered questions.

 

At 5:26 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Paul Cardegna
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
2014/02/07 4:24 p.m.