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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 26
 
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
 

The Standing Committee on International Trade met at 3:37 p.m. this day, in Room 308, West Block, the Chair, Lee Richardson, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Guy André, Hon. Navdeep Bains, Ron Cannan, Serge Cardin, Sukh Dhaliwal, Peter Julian, Joyce Murray and Lee Richardson.

 

Acting Members present: Ed Fast for Larry Miller and David Tilson for Dean Allison.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Michael Holden, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Department of Finance: Carole Nelder-Corvari, Director, International Trade Policy Division. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade: James Lambert, Director General, Latin America and Carribean Bureau; Cameron MacKay, Director, Regional Trade Policy Division, Americas; Betti-Jo Ruston, Deputy Director, Regional Trade Policy Division - Americas. Department of the Environment: Dean Knudson, Director General, Americas. Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada: Pierre Bouchard, Director , Office for Inter-American Labour Cooperation.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on April 2, 2008, the Committee resumed its study of the status of the Free Trade Agreements and ongoing negotiations between Canada and Colombia; the focus being on how environmental impacts and human rights concerns are being addressed.
 

The witnesses made statements and answered questions.

 

It was agreed, — That the wording of the Committee's mandate read as follows: Study of the ongoing free trade negotiations between Canada and Colombia, with a focus on how environmental impacts and human rights concerns are addressed in trade agreements.

 

At 5:24 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Jacques Lahaie
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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