Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Second Session Forty-first Parliament, 2013
Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Issue No. 1
Organization meeting
and
First and second meetings on:
The subject-matter of those elements contained in Divisions 4 and 16 of Part 3 of Bill C-4, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures
INCLUDING:
THE FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Rule 12-26(2) — Expenses incurred y the committee during the First Session
of the Forty-first Parliament)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 6, 2013
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 20, 2013
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 21, 2013
- First Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 6, 2013 (15K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 20, 2013 (57K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 21, 2013 (58K)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Citizenship and Immigration Canada:
Caitlin Imrie, Director General, Passport Program Transition Office;
Teny Dikranian, Senior Analyst, Passport Program Transition Office;
Maia Welbourne, Senior Director, Strategic Policy & Planning;
James McNamee, Director, Immigration Strategies & Analysis;
Jean-Pierre Lamarche, Director General, Passport Program Management and Strategic Initiatives.
Employment and Social Development Canada:
Campion Carruthers, Director, Temporary Foreign Workers Program.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Canadian Bar Association:
Tamra Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform;
Mario Bellissimo, Chair, Immigration Law Section.
Engineers Canada:
Kim Allen, Chief Executive Officer.
As an individual:
Christopher Worswick, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Economics, Carleton University.
Merit Nova Scotia: (by video conference)
Michael Kydd, President.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Chair
The Honourable Percy E. Downe, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Ataullahjan, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Dawson, Demers, Fortin-Duplessis, Housakos, Johnson, Oh, Robichaud, P.C., Smith, P.C. (Cobourg), Verner, P.C.
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (November 21, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (November 20, 2013).