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

Issue No. 4 -  Minutes of Proceedings - April 13, 2016

OTTAWA, Wednesday, April 13, 2016
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The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met this day at 4 :17 p.m., in room 160- S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable Raynell Andreychuk, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Cordy, Dawson, Downe, Housakos, Johnson, Ngo, Oh, Poirier, Rivard and Smith (Cobourg), P.C. (12).

In attendance: Natalie Mychajlyszyn and Pascal Tremblay, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.

Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, the committee continued its study on foreign relations and international trade generally. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 1) (Topic: Bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements : Prospects for Canada)

WITNESSES:

Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance:

Claire Citeau, Executive Director;

Martin Rice, Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Director, Canadian Pork Council.

As an individual:

Jim Stanford, Harold Innis Industry Professor of Economics, McMaster University and Economic Advisor, Unifor (by video conference).

The chair called the meeting to order.

Ms. Citeau made a statement, and together with Mr. Rice, answered questions.

At 5:00 p.m., the meeting suspended.

At 5:15 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Mr. Stanford made a statement and answered questions.

At 6:02 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Danielle Labonté

Clerk of the Committee