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

Issue No. 53 - Minutes of Proceedings - November 8, 2018

OTTAWA, Thursday, November 8, 2018
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met this day at 10:31 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, Boehm, Bovey, Cordy, Dawson, Dean, Greene, Housakos, Massicotte, Mockler and Ngo (11).

In attendance: Natalie Mychajlyszyn, Pascal Tremblay, Marie Dumont and Marion Ménard, 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:

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

Jean-Paul Lemieux, Director, South America Relations;

Glen McPherson, Deputy Director, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay;

Jean-Luc Pilon, Senior Desk Office, Brazil.

The chair made a statement.

Ms. Urban made a statement and, together with Mr. Lemieux, Mr. McPherson and Mr. Pilon, answered questions.

At 11:14 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 11:17 a.m., pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee resumed in camera to consider a draft agenda (future business).

It was agreed:

That senators' staff be permitted to remain in the room during the in camera portion of the meeting;

That the committee allow the transcription of the in camera portion of today's meeting, that a copy be kept with the clerk of the committee for consultation by committee members present or by the committee analysts; and

That the transcript be destroyed by the clerk at the end of this parliamentary session.

At 11:53 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Marie-Eve Belzile
Clerk of the Committee