Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs and International Trade

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07

Chair: The Honourable CONSIGLIO DI NINO

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Issue No. 19

Fifth meeting on:

Bill C-293, An Act Respecting the Provision of Official Development Assistance abroad

First (last) meeting on:

Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act

INCLUDING THE FOURTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-61)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., M.P.,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

International Development Research Centre:

Maureen O'Neil, President;

Annettee Nicholson, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:

Paul Gibbard, Director General (Acting), Human Security and Human Rights Bureau;

Mi Nguyen, Senior Policy Advisor, Humanitarian Affairs and Disasters Response Group.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Consiglio Di Nino, Chair

The Honourable Peter A. Stollery, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Corbin, Dawson, De Bané, P.C., Downe, Gustafson, *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), Johnson, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Merchant, Peterson, Smith, 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 Gustafson is substituted for that of the Honourable Segal (June 20, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Peterson is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (June 19, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Stollery is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Dallaire (June 14, 2007).