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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 35

Thursday, April 21, 2005

The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met in a televised session at 9:06 a.m. this day, in Room 253-D Centre Block, the Chair, Bernard Patry, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Hon. Maurizio Bevilacqua, Stockwell Day, Francine Lalonde, Hon. Lawrence MacAulay, Alexa McDonough, Hon. Dan McTeague, Ted Menzies, Pierre A. Paquette, Bernard Patry, Beth Phinney and Kevin Sorenson.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Gerald Schmitz, Principal ; Marcus Pistor, Analyst.

Witnesses: Centre for International Governance Innovation: Paul Heinbecker, Director, International Relations and Communications Program.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on October 20, 2004, the Committee resumed its study of the International Policy Review.

The witness made a statement and answered questions.

At 10:45 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:47 a.m., the sitting resumed.

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

The Committee resumed consideration of the motion of Stockwell Day, — That, in the opinion of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the government should send a monitoring team to Ethiopia to observe and to report on the general elections to be held there on May 15, 2005, and that the Chair report the same to the House.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 6; NAYS: 4.

At 11:05 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Andrew Bartholomew Chaplin
Clerk of the Committee

2005/04/22 4:25 p.m.