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

Issue No. 60 - Minutes of Proceedings - April 4, 2019

OTTAWA, Thursday, April 4, 2019
(132)

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met this day at 10:30 a.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, Busson, Cordy, Coyle, Dean, Greene, Housakos, Massicotte and Ngo (11).

In attendance: Pascal Tremblay 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:

Alexandra Mackenzie, Acting Director General, International Humanitarian Assistance;

Cheryl Boon, Acting Deputy Director, Mozambique Program;

Louis-Martin Aumais, Director, Southern and Eastern Africa Bilateral Relations Division;

Troy Lulashnyk, Director General, Israel, West Bank and Gaza, Egypt, Maghreb.

The chair made a statement.

Ms. Mackenzie made a statement and, together with Ms. Boon and Mr. Aumais, answered questions.

At 11:24 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 11:28 a.m., the committee resumed.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Lulashnyk made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:19 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Marie-Eve Belzile
Clerk of the Committee