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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 18
Tuesday, May 8, 2001
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met informally in a joint session with the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee at 3:42 p.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chairs, Bill Graham, (Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade) and Peter A. Stollery (Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs), presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Colleen Beaumier, Bill Graham, John Harvard, Diane Marleau, Keith Martin, Denis Paradis, Svend Robinson, Monte Solberg.
Acting Members present: Stephan Tremblay for Francine Lalonde.
Other Member present: Yvon Charbonneau.
Members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs: Raynelle Andreychuk, Roch Bolduc, Eymard G. Corbin, Consiglio Di Nino, Raymond C. Setlakwe, Peter A. Stollery.
In attendance: From the Senate of Canada Committee's Directorate: Till Heyde, Clerk. From the Library of Parliament: James Lee; John M. Wright.
Witnesses: From The Middle Powers Initiative: Thomas Graham, Ambassador and President of Lawyers Alliance for World Security; Dr. Mary Wynne Ashford, Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW); Prof. Jennifer Allen Simons, President of The Simons Foundation - British Columbia; Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute - San Francisco; Dr. Morton H. Halperin, Senior Fellow, Council of Foreign Relations; Doug Roche, O.C., Senator and Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), an informal meeting on The Middle Powers Initiative.
The Honourable Douglas Roche, Senator; Ambassador Thomas Graham and Dr. Morton H. Halperin each made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.
At 5:07 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Marie Danielle Vachon
Clerk of the Committee