THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

EVIDENCE

OTTAWA, Wednesday, May 1, 2024

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met this day at 4:15 p.m. [ET], in camera, to examine and report on Canada’s interests and engagement in Africa; and, in public, to examine and report on Canada’s interests and engagement in Africa.

Senator Peter M. Boehm (Chair) in the chair.

(The committee continued in camera.)

(The committee resumed in public.)

The Chair: Thank you very much.

Colleagues, is it agreed:

That notwithstanding section 1.5.5.50 of the Financial Policy for Senate Committees, the committee is requesting CIBA that a member of the Chair’s staff be eligible to travel with a committee outside of Canada.

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

The Chair: Thank you. Is it agreed:

That the budget application for travel to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) for a fact-finding mission, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, be approved for submission to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration.

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

The Chair: Thank you.

For a summary of the budget, activity 1 would amount to a trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the fall of 2024, at a total maximum cost of $265,400.

Is it agreed?

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

The Chair: Agreed. Thank you very much.

Is there any other business?

Senator MacDonald: Will there be a substitute tomorrow?

The Chair: Yes, there will be a substitute chair that your good self, as a member of the steering committee, might want to nominate at the meeting.

Senator MacDonald: I would like to nominate the very capable Senator Boniface to take the chair tomorrow in your absence.

The Chair: That’s a very good rehearsal, because you’ll do that tomorrow.

Okay, colleagues, thank you very much.

(The committee adjourned.)