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
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Issue No. 17
First and second (final) meetings on:
Bill C-6, An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions
INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-6)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Mines Action Canada:
Paul Hannon, Executive Director;
Erin Hunt, Program Coordinator.
PAX:
Frank Slijper, Policy Adviser, Security and Disarmament (by video conference).
Cluster Munition Coalition:
Sarah Blakemore, Campaign Director (by video conference).
As an individual:
Lynn Bradach (by video conference).
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada:
Sabine Nolke, Director General, Non-Proliferation and Security Threat Reduction.
National Defence:
Commodore Scott Bishop, Director General of Operations, Strategic Joint Staff;
LCol Chris Penny, Directorate of International and Operational Law, Office of the Judge Advocate General.
Justice Canada:
Christopher Ram, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.
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 Ataullahjan replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (October 27, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (October 27, 2014).