Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee
on Foreign Affairs
First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98-99
Chairman: The Honourable JOHN B. STEWART
Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Issue No. 38
Sixth meeting on: The ramifications to Canada:
1. of the changed mandate of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Canada's role in NATO since the demise of the Warsaw Pact, the end of the Cold War and the recent addition to membership in NATO of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic; and
2. of peacekeeping, with particular reference to Canada's ability to participate in it under the auspices of any international body of which Canada is a member
and
Ninth meeting on: The consequences for Canada of the emerging European Monetary Union and other related trade and investment matters
WITNESSES:
From the Canadian Forces Joint Headquarters:
Colonel Jim Calvin, Chief of Staff;
Sergeant Tom Hoppe;
Sergeant Jake McIndoe.
From the Delegation of the European Commission in Canada:
Her Excellency Danièle Smadja, Ambassador and Head of Delegation;
Mr. Frederick Kingston, Senior Adviser, Economic and Commercial Affairs.
As an individual:
Professor Irwin Cotler, Faculty of Law, McGill University.
From Fisheries and Oceans Canada:
Mr. Earl Wiseman, Director General, International Affairs Directorate.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable John B. Stewart, Chairman
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chairman
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bolduc, Corbin, De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Forrestall, Grafstein, * Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Losier-Cool,*Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Robertson, Stollery, Whelan, P.C.
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Forrestall substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Carney (April 23, 1999).