Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15
Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015 (in camera)
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Issue No. 28
Sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth meetings:
Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally
Ninth (final) meeting:
Examine the potential for increased Canada-United States-Mexico trade and investment, including in growth areas in key resource, manufacturing and service sectors; the federal actions needed to realize any identified opportunities in these key sectors; and opportunities for deepening cooperation at the trilateral level
Thirty-third (final) meeting:
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 TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(North American Neighbours: Maximizing
Opportunities and Strengthening Cooperation for a more Prosperous Future)
THE ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Expanding Canadian Businesses' Engagement
in Foreign Markets: the Role of Federal Trade Promotion Services)
THE TWELFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Securing Canada's Place in Asia-Pacific:
a Focus on Southeast Asia)
WITNESSES
Thursday, June 4, 2015
As individuals:
Dario Eduardo Ramirez Ramirez, Councillor of the municipality of Sucre, Miranda State, member of political party Popular Will (by video conference);
Tamara Suju Roa, Venezuelan lawyer, specialist in human rights, international director of Foro Penal (by video conference);
Anna Alessandra Polga Cedeno, Venezuelan resident in Canada and human rights activist.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada:
Susan Gregson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Asia-Pacific;
Peter MacArthur, Director General, South and Southeast Asia and Oceania;
Jeff Nankivell, Director General, Asia Programming.
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), Cordy, *Cowan (or Fraser), Dawson, Doyle, Eaton, Fortin-Duplessis, Oh, Patterson, Smith, P.C. (Cobourg), Tkachuk
*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 Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (June 17, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (June 17, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Meredith (June 11, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (June 11, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (June 11, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Doyle replaced the Honourable Senator Verner, P.C. (June 11, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (June 10, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Meredith replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (June 10, 2015).
The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (June 10, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (June 4, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga (June 4, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (June 4, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Enverga replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (June 4, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Greene replaced the Honourable Senator Verner, P.C. (June 3, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (June 3, 2015).