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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 26
Thursday, March 27, 2003
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met at 9:09 a.m. this day, in Room 308, West Block, the Chair, Bernard Patry, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Murray Calder, Bill Casey, Irwin Cotler, Stockwell Day, John Duncan, Hon. Art Eggleton, John Harvard, André Harvey, Francine Lalonde, Hon. Diane Marleau, Keith Martin, Alexa McDonough, Deepak Obhrai, Bernard Patry, Karen Redman.
Acting Member present: Karen Kraft Sloan for John Harvard.
In attendance: From the Parliamentary Research Branch, Library of Parliament: James Lee, Research Officer.
Witnesses: From Carleton University: John Noble, Associate, Centre for Trade Policy and Law. From the University of Victoria: Gordon Smith, Executive Director, Centre for Global Studies, Chair, Board of Governors, International Development Research Centre.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed consideration of a Dialogue on Foreign Policy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (See Minutes of Proceedings of Thursday, February 11, 2003, Meeting No. 17).
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
At 10:25 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 10:32 a.m., the sitting resumed.
Questioning of the witnesses resumed.
At 11:45 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Stephen Knowles
Clerk(s) of the Committee