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

First Session Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12

Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Issue No. 8

First and second meetings on:

Establishment of a "Charter of the Commonwealth''

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceeding - February 29, 2012
• Minutes of Proceeding - March 1, 2012
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 29, 2012 (91K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 1, 2012 (43K)

WITNESSES

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:

Olivier Nicoloff, Director, Democracy, Commonwealth and Francophonie;

Thomas Balint, Senior Policy Advisor.

Senate of Canada:

The Honourable Hugh Segal, Senator.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

As an individual:

William A. Schabas, Professor of International Law, Department of Law, Middlesex University.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Chair

The Honourable Percy E. Downe, Deputy Chair

and

*Cowan (or Tardif), Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Jaffer, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Mahovlich, Nolin, Raine, Robichaud, P.C., Segal, Smith, P.C. (Cobourg), Wallin

* 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 Honourable Senator Segal replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (March 1, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Buth (March 1, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Doyle (March 1, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (March 1, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Segal (February 29, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. (February 29, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (February 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Doyle replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (February 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis (February 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (February 16, 2012).