Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs

Issue 21 - Minutes of Proceedings

VANCOUVER, Friday, February 7, 1997
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[Translation]

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs met this day at 9:07 a.m. in the Pavilion Crystal A Salon of the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Chairman, the Honourable John B. Stewart, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Bacon, Carney, Corbin, De Bané, Grafstein, Stewart, Stollery and St. Germain. (9)

Other senators present: The Honourable Senators Austin and Perrault. (2)

Also present: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Mr. Anthony Chapman, Economics Division.

In attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.

WITNESSES:

Paul Lin, Professor, Chinese History, University of British Columbia;

Pitman Potter, Professor, Centre for Asian Legal Study, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia;

Patrick Brown, journalist, CBC/Radio-Canada;

From the China-Canada Business Council:

The Honourable Jack Austin, Senator.

From the Vancouver Board of Trade:

Darcy Rezac, Managing Director;

John Hansen, Chief Economist.

The committee resumed consideration of its order of reference pertaining to relations between Canada and the Asia Pacific region (see committee proceedings of October 2, 1996, Issue No. 8).

The witnesses made a presentation and answered questions.

At 12:50 p.m., the committee adjourned for lunch.

At 2:10 p.m., the committee resumed sitting.

WITNESSES:

From the City of Vancouver:

Philip Owen, Mayor;

Sam Kuzmick, Director of Operations Support, Corporate Services Group;

Bob Thompson, Vice-Chair of the Vancouver Economic Development Commission, Principal of MTR Consultants Ltd.;

Captain Norman C. Stark, Chairman of the Greater Vancouver Gateway Council, President and CEO of the Vancouver Port Corporation and Member of the Vancouver Economic Development Commission;

Ralph W. Huenemann, Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, Victoria University;

Ms Peggy Falkenheim Meyer, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University.

From the Asia-Pacific Management Cooperative Program, Capilano College:

Robert Bagshaw, Professor, Manager, Business Relations;

Scott MacLeod, Program Manager.

The witnesses made a presentation and answered questions.

At 4:30 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

ATTEST:

Serge Pelletier

Clerk of the Committee