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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 49
Monday, February 13, 2023, 6:33 p.m. to 8:39 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Kody Blois, Chair (Liberal)

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• Iqwinder Gaheer for Ryan Turnbull (Liberal)
• Damien C. Kurek for Warren Steinley (Conservative)
• Soraya Martinez Ferrada for Leah Taylor Roy (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Daniel Farrelly, Analyst
Food Price Inflation
As an individual
• James Brander, Professor, University of British Columbia
Canadians for Tax Fairness
• D.T. Cochrane, Economist and Policy Researcher
Centre for Future Work
• Dr. Jim Stanford, Economist and Director
Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec
• Sylvie Cloutier, Chief Executive Officer
• Dimitri Fraeys, Vice-President, Innovation and Economic Affairs
Restaurants Canada
• Olivier Bourbeau, Vice-President, Federal and Quebec
Union des producteurs agricoles
• Martin Caron, General President
• David Tougas, Coordinator, Business Economics
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the committee resumed its study of food price inflation.

D.T. Cochrane, Sylvie Cloutier and Olivier Bourbeau made statements and, with Dimitri Fraeys, answered questions.

Alistair MacGregor gave notice of the following motion:

That the committee expand the study on Food Price Inflation by increasing the number of meetings in the motion adopted on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 to at least 6 meetings; that the committee summon the Chief Executive Officers and Presidents of Loblaw Companies Limited, Galen G. Weston, Metro Inc., Éric R. La Flèche and Empire Company Limited, Michael Medline to appear before the committee; that the committee invite additional witnesses to provide testimony and that the parties shall each provide to the clerk of the committee, by 4:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, their lists of additional witnesses, who the Chair shall schedule in a manner that is fair to all parties.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 7:33 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:39 p.m., the sitting resumed.

James Brander, Jim Stanford and Martin Caron made statements and, with David Tougas, answered questions.

Motion

Alistair MacGregor moved, — That the committee expand the study on Food Price Inflation by increasing the number of meetings in the motion adopted on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 to at least 6 meetings; that the committee summon the Chief Executive Officers and Presidents of Loblaw Companies Limited, Galen G. Weston, Metro Inc., Éric R. La Flèche and Empire Company Limited, Michael Medline to appear before the committee; that the committee invite additional witnesses to provide testimony and that the parties shall each provide to the clerk of the committee, by 4:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, their lists of additional witnesses, who the Chair shall schedule in a manner that is fair to all parties.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: John Barlow, Francis Drouin, Iqwinder Gaheer, Damien C. Kurek, Richard Lehoux, Tim Louis, Alistair MacGregor, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Yves Perron, Lianne Rood, Rechie Valdez — 11;

NAYS: — 0.

At 8:39 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Stéphanie De Rome
Clerk of the committee