Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Second Session, Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1999
Chairman: The Honourable JOHN B. STEWART
Tuesday, October 26, 1999
Issue No. 2
First 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.
WITNESSES:
From the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade:
Mr. Joseph Caron, Assistant Deputy Minister, (Portfolio: Asia Pacific and Africa);
Mr. Paul Meyer, Director General, International Security Bureau.
From the Department of National Defence:
Colonel Walter Semianiw, Director of Peacekeeping Policy;
Colonel Walter Natynczyk, J3 Operations.
From the Canadian International Development Agency:
Mr. Ted Langtry, Director General, Indonesia, Philippines and South Pacific Programme.
From the Institut québécois des affaires internationales of Laval University:
Professor Albert Legault.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable John B. Stewart, Chairman
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chairman
and
The Honourable Senators:
Atkins, Bolduc, * Boudreau, P.C. (or Hays), Carney, P.C., Corbin, De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Grafstein, Lewis, Losier-Cool, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Stollery
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)