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

Issue 1 -  Minutes of Proceedings - November 21, 2013

OTTAWA, Thursday, November 21, 2013
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met this day at 10:30 a.m., in room 160-S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Dawson, Demers, Fortin- Duplessis, Johnson, Oh, Smith, P.C. (Cobourg), and Verner, P.C. (9).

In attendance: Natalie Mychajlyszyn and André Léonard, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.

Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, the committee continued its study 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.

WITNESSES:

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.

The chair made an opening statement.

Ms. Thomson, Messrs. Bellissimo, Kydd, Allen and Worswick each made a statement and answered questions.

At 11:38 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Adam Thompson

Clerk of the Committee