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

Issue No. 58 - Minutes of Proceedings - February 27, 2019

OTTAWA, Wednesday, February 27, 2019
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met this day at 4:16 p.m., in room C128, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Boehm, Bovey, Cordy, Coyle, Dawson, Dean, Greene, Housakos, Massicotte and Saint-Germain (11).

In attendance: Allison Goody and Billy Joe Siekierski, 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:

Global Affairs Canada:

Michael Grant, Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas;

Cheryl Urban, Director General, South America and Inter-American Affairs;

Patricia Atkinson, Head, Venezuela Task Force, South America Relations.

As an individual:

Sébastien Dubé, Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Universidad del Norte - Barranquilla, Colombia (by video conference).

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Grant made a statement and, together with Ms. Urban and Ms. Atkinson, answered questions.

At 5:14 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 5:20 p.m., the committee resumed.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Dubé made a statement and answered questions.

At 6:03 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Marie-Eve Belzile
Clerk of the Committee