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Minutes of Proceedings

42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 85
Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 3:31 p.m. to 5:31 p.m.
Presiding
Pat Finnigan, Chair (Liberal)

• Gérard Deltell for Sylvie Boucher (Conservative)
• Ted Falk for Luc Berthold (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Alison Clegg, Analyst
• Khamla Heminthavong, Analyst
As an individual
• Elena Bennett, Associate Professor, Natural Resource Sciences
• Sean Smukler, Assistant Professor, Junior Chair of Agriculture and Environment of the University of British Columbia
East Prince Agri-Environment Association
• Gordon McKenna, Board Member
• Jason Webster, Vice-Chair
• Andrea McKenna, Manager
Research and Development Institute for the Agri-environment
• Aubert Michaud, Soil and Water Conservation Scientist
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motions adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, and Thursday, October 26, 2017, the Committee resumed its study of climate change and water and soil conservation issues.

Elena Bennett, by videoconference from Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, and Aubert Michaud, by videoconference from Québec, Québec, made statements and answered questions.

At 4:29 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:35 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Sean Smukler, by videoconference from Vancouver, British Columbia, Gordon McKenna and Jason Webster made statements and, with Andrea McKenna, answered questions.

At 5:31 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Marc-Olivier Girard
Clerk of the Committee