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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs

First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98-99

Chair: The Honourable JOHN B. STEWART

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Wednesday, June 2, 1999

Issue No. 40

Eighth 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.

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (89K)

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WITNESSES:

As a panel:

Professor David Bercuson, Director, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary;

Professor Denis Stairs, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable John B. Stewart, Chair

The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chair

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)

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