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

Issue No. 28 - Minutes of Proceedings - June 15, 2017

OTTAWA, Thursday, June 15, 2017
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met this day at 10:33 a.m., in room 160-S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Bovey, Cools, Cordy, Dawson, Downe, Eaton, Marwah, Ngo, Oh and Woo (12).

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

Also present: 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.)

WITNESSES:

As an individual:

Gabriela Cuevas Barron, Senator and Chairwoman of the Senate Commission on Foreign Affairs, Mexican Senate.

Embassy of Mexico to Canada:

Dionisio Pérez Jácome Friscione, Ambassador-designate;

Fernando González Saiffe, Counselor.

Global Affairs Canada:

Marc-André Blanchard, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations;

Wendy Drukier, Director General, International Organizations.

The chair made a statement.

Ms. Cuevas Barron made a statement and answered questions.

At 11:26 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 11:36 a.m., the committee resumed.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Blanchard made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:31 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Marie-Eve Belzile

Clerk of the Committee