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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 15

Thursday, May 19, 2016, 3:30 p.m. to 5:35 p.m.

Room 268, The Valour Building

Presiding

Hon. Robert D. Nault, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Hon. Peter Kent

Acting Members present

• Robert Aubin for Hélène Laverdière (NDP)

• Julie Dabrusin for Marc Miller (Liberal)

• Garnett Genuis for Hon. Tony Clement (Conservative)

• Joël Lightbound for Marc Miller (Liberal)

• Joël Lightbound for Raj Saini (Liberal)

• Larry Maguire for Hon. Tony Clement (Conservative)

• David Sweet for Dean Allison (Conservative)

Associate Members present

• Pam Goldsmith-Jones (Liberal)

• Karina Gould (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Allison Goody, Analyst

• Brian Hermon, Analyst

Canadian Government's Countries of Focus for Bilateral Development Assistance

Witnesses

Oxfam Canada

• Kelly Bowden, Acting Director, Policy and Campaigns

• Christina Polzot, Manager, Program Development, Quality and Knowledge

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

• Eva Busza

Canadian Foodgrains Bank

• Jim Cornelius, Executive Director

As individuals

• John McArthur, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution

• Philip Oxhorn, Professor of Political Science, Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University

Canadian Council for International Co-operation

• Fraser Reilly-King, Senior Policy Analyst

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, the Committee resumed its study of the Canadian government's countries of focus for bilateral development assistance.

Jim Cornelius, Fraser Reilly-King and Christina Polzot made statements and, with Kelly Bowden, answered questions.

At 4:38 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:43 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Philip Oxhorn, Eva Busza, by videoconference from Vancouver, British Columbia, and John McArthur, by videoconfernce from Washington, D.C., made statements and answered questions.

At 5:35 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Angela Crandall

Clerk of the Committee