Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable MOBINA S. B. JAFFER
Monday, May 12, 2014
Issue No. 8
First (final) meeting on:
Bill C-266, An Act to establish Pope John Paul II Day
and
Fifth meeting on:
Monitor issues relating to human rights and, inter alia, to review the machinery of government dealing with Canada's international and national human rights obligations
INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-266)
WITNESSES
Wladyslaw Lizon, M.P. for Mississauga East—Cooksville, sponsor of the bill.
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada:
Duane McMullen, Director General, Trade Commissioner Service Operations and Trade Strategy;
Peter MacArthur, Director General, South, Southeast Asia and Oceania Bureau;
Dean Frank, Director, Strategic Planning and Operations, Asia Bureau (Development).
As individuals:
Syed Sajjadur Rahman, Part-time Professor, School of International Development & Global Studies, University of Ottawa;
Ananya Mukherjee-Reed, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, York University.
International Labour Organization:
The Honourable Jane Stewart, P.C., Special Representative and Director, ILO Office to the United Nations (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Chair
The Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Ataullahjan, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Eggleton, P.C., Fortin-Duplessis, Hubley, Marshall, Ngo, Seidman, Unger
* 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 Fortin-Duplessis was added to the membership of the committee (May 12, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (May 12, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (May 6, 2014).