Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Issue No. 14
First (final) meeting on:
Bill C-20, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, the Agreement on Environmental Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras
Twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth meetings on:
Study on security conditions and economic developments in the Asia-Pacific region, the implications for Canadian policy and interests in the region, and other related matters
INCLUDING:
THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-20)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 12, 2014
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 18, 2014
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 19, 2014
- Fifth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 12, 2014 (99K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 18, 2014 (50K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 19, 2014 (51K)
APPEARING
Thursday, June 12, 2014
The Honourable Ed Fast, P.C., M.P., Minister of International Trade
WITNESSES
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada:
Cameron MacKay, Director General, Trade Negotiations;
Henri-Paul Normandin, Director General, Latin America and Caribbean Bureau.
Gildan Activewear Inc.:
Peter Iliopoulos, Senior Vice-President, Public and Corporate Affairs, Head Office.
Aura Minerals Inc.:
James Bannantine, President and Chief Executive Officer.
MiningWatch Canada:
Jennifer Moore, Latin America Program Coordinator.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines to Canada:
Eric Gerardo Tamayo, Chargé d'Affaires and Minister and Consul General;
Porfirio Mayo, Jr., First Secretary and Consul;
Flerida Ann Camille P. Mayo, Minister and Consul.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO):
James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. (by video conference)
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Chair
The Honourable Percy E. Downe, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Ataullahjan, Beyak, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Dawson, Demers, Fortin-Duplessis, Housakos, Jaffer, Oh, 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 Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (June 19, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (June 10, 2014).