The Chair presented the First Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows:
Your Subcommittee met on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:
1. That the Committee consider issues raised in the 10th Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 2nd Session of the 39th Parliament entitled Canada in Afghanistan, adopt the report and its recommendations as a report of this Committee in this Parliament and report it to the House requesting a government response.
2. That the Committee consider the Supplementary Estimates (B) presented to the House on Thursday January 29, 2009, on Monday, February 9, 2009, and that the Minister appear before the Committee at that meeting.
3. That the Committee commence a review of Canadian foreign policy by studying different regions of the world and Canada's relations with them beginning with the Canada / US relationship, then looking at Canada's policy respecting the Arctic, Africa and other regions of the world. That in relation to this proposed study the Committee hear from witnesses on Wednesday February 11, 2009.