THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Thursday, May 4, 2023
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met this day at 11:30 a.m., in room B45, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Peter M. Boehm, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Anderson, Boehm, Boniface, Coyle, Deacon (Ontario), Gerba, MacDonald, Ravalia, Richards and Woo (10).

Other senators present: The Honourable Senator Bovey (1).

Participating in the meeting: Nadia Faucher, Analyst, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, February 10, 2022, the committee continued its study on foreign relations and international trade generally. (Topic: Cultural Diplomacy)

WITNESSES:

As an individual:

The Honourable Senator Patricia Bovey.

The Glenn Gould Foundation:

Brian M. Levine, Executive Director (by videoconference).

Woodstock Art Gallery:

Mary Reid, Director/Curator, City of Woodstock (by videoconference).

West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative:

William Huffman, Marketing Manager (by videoconference).

The Honourable Senator Bovey made a statement and answered questions.

Brian M. Levine, Mary Reid and William Huffman each made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:27 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 12:30 p.m., the committee resumed.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, February 10, 2022, the committee continued its study on foreign relations and international trade generally.  (Topic: Situation in Ukraine)

WITNESS:

As an individual:

Her Excellency Yuliya Kovaliv, Ambassador, Embassy of Ukraine to Canada.

Her Excellency Yuliya Kovaliv made a statement and answered questions.

At 1:31 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Chantal Cardinal

Clerk of the Committee