Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Second Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1999
Chairman: The Honourable PETER A. STOLLERY
Wednesday, December 1, 1999
Tuesday, December 7, 1999
Issue No. 5
Sixth meeting concerning: The ramifications to Canada of the changed mandate of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Canada's role 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 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
First meeting concerning: Bill C-4, An Act to implement the Agreement among the Government of Canada, Governments of Member States of European Space Agency, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space Station and to make related amendments to other Acts
INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
WITNESSES:
From Industry Canada:
William Macdonald Evans, President Canadian Space Agency;
Robert S. Lefebvre, Director, Canadian Space Agency Legal Services, and Counsel, Canadian Space Agency, Department of Justice Canada;
Alain Poirier, Director General, Space systems.
From the Department of Justice:
Yvan Roy, Senior General Counsel;
J. Richard Ouellet, Legal Counsel.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Peter A. Stollery, 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, Finnerty, Furey, Grafstein, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Perry, Taylor
* 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 Losier-Cool substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Perry (December 1, 1999).
Substitution pending for that of the Honourable Senator Finnerty (December 1, 1999).
The name of the Honourable Senator De Bané substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kenny (December 1, 1999).
The name of the Honourable Senator Finnerty substituted for that of the Honourable Senator De Bané (December 7, 1999).
The name of the Honourable Senator Perry substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool (December 7, 1999).
The name of the Honourable Senator Furey added (December 7, 1999).