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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 50
 
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
 

The Standing Committee on Natural Resources met at 3:32 p.m. this day, in Room 268, The Valour Building, the Chair, Leon Benoit, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Leon Benoit, Kelly Block, Guy Caron, Joan Crockatt, Pat Perkins, Hon. Geoff Regan and Brad Trost.

 

Acting Members present: Patricia Davidson for Ryan Leef, François Lapointe for Linda Duncan and John Rafferty for Chris Charlton.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Mohamed Zakzouk, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Wawasum Group LP: Joe Hanlon, Project Manager. Town of Atikokan: Dennis Brown, Mayor. Québec Federation of Forestry Cooperatives: Jocelyn Lessard, Director General. Quebec Wood Export Bureau: Sylvain Labbé, Chief Executive Officer.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, January 29, 2015, the Committee resumed its study of the renewal of Canada’s forest industry.
 

Jocelyn Lessard and Sylvain Labbé, by videoconference from Québec, Quebec, Joe Hanlon and Dennis Brown made statements and answered questions.

 

At 5:23 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:25 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

 

It was agreed, — That the meetings of Thursday, March 12, 2015 and Thursday, April 2, 2015, be cancelled.

 

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of Bill C-46, An Act to amend the National Energy Board Act and the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, the Committee sit on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. to hear witnesses with two (2) panels of 90 minutes each; and the Committee dedicate the meeting of Tuesday, April 21, 2015, to the clause by clause study of the Bill.

 

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

 



Rémi Bourgault
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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