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

First Session Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16

Chair: The Honourable RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK

Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Issue No. 2

Third, fourth, fifth and sixth meetings:

Study on foreign relations and international trade generally

WITNESSES

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Global Affairs Canada:

André Frenette, Director General, Latin America and Caribbean Bureau;

Sylvia Cesaratto, Director, South America;

Steve Guertin, Acting Deputy Director, Brazil and Argentina.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

As an individual:

Pierre Marc Johnson, Counsel, Lavery Lawyers.

Ciuriak Consulting Inc.:

Dan Ciuriak, Director and Principal.

As an individual:

    Eugene Beaulieu, Professor, Department of Economics, and Director, International Economic Policy, University of Calgary (by video conference).

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

As individuals:

Debra P. Steger, Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, University of Ottawa;

John Weekes, Senior Business Advisor, International Trade, Bennett Jones Ottawa;

John Curtis, Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, and Executive Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Global Affairs Canada:

Kirsten Hillman, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Agreements and Negotiations;

Steve Verheul, Chief Trade Negotiator (Canada-European Union);

Matthew Smith, Director, Intellectual Property Trade.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Raynell Andreychuk, Chair

The Honourable Percy E. Downe, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

        Ataullahjan, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Cordy, Dawson, Housakos, Johnson, Lang, Ngo, Poirier, Rivard, Smith (Cobourg), 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 Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (February 23, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (February 4, 2016).

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