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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE)
43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 6
Thursday, November 19, 2020, 3:32 p.m. to 5:31 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Sven Spengemann, Chair (Liberal)

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• Kamal Khera for Robert Oliphant (Liberal)
• Heather McPherson for Jack Harris (NDP)
Library of Parliament
• Nadia Faucher, Analyst
• Allison Goody, Analyst
• Billy Joe Siekierski, Analyst
Vulnerabilities Created and Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Canadian Red Cross
• Conrad Sauvé, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Kelsey Lemon, Senior Director
CARE Canada
• Barbara Grantham, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Maxime Michel, Head of Humanitarian and Resilience Programs
Doctors Without Borders
• Joe Belliveau, Executive Director
• Jason Nickerson, Humanitarian Affairs Advisor
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
• Hon. Bob Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (UN) in New York
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
World Food Programme
• David Beasley, Executive Director
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, October 22, 2020, the committee commenced its study of the vulnerabilities created and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conrad Sauvé, Barbara Grantham and Joe Belliveau made statements and, with Maxime Michel, Kelsey Lemon and Jason Nickerson, answered questions.

At 4:31 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:36 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Bob Rae, Mark Lowcock and David Beasley made statements and answered questions.

At 5:31 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Erica Pereira
Clerk of the Committee