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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 26
 
Thursday, March 8, 2012
 

The Standing Committee on International Trade met at 10:59 a.m. this day, in Room 268, La Promenade Building, the Chair, the Hon. Rob Merrifield, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Ron Cannan, Raymond Côté, Russ Hiebert, Ed Holder, Gerald Keddy, Brian Masse, Hon. Rob Merrifield, Ève Péclet, Mathieu Ravignat, Bev Shipley and Devinder Shory.

 

Acting Members present: Dean Allison for Ed Holder and Frank Valeriote for Hon. Wayne Easter.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: June Dewetering, Chief, Macroeconomics and Trade; Alexandre Gauthier, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development: Marvin Hildebrand, Director General, Trade Negotiations Bureau; Barbara Martin, Director General, Middle East and Maghreb Bureau; Ton Zuijdwijk, General Counsel, Market Access and Trade Remedies Law Division. Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food: Denis Landreville, Lead Negotiator, Regional Agreements, Trade Negotiations Division, Trade Agreements and Negotiations Directorate. Department of Human Resources and Skills Development: Pierre Bouchard, Director, Bilateral and Regional Labour Affairs. Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance: Richard Phillips, President, Executive Director, Grain Growers of Canada; Kathleen Sullivan, Executive Director. Forest Products Association of Canada: Andrew Casey, Vice-President, Public Affairs and International Trade. Canadian Apparel Federation: Bob Kirke, Executive Director. Canada-Arab Business Council: Zaineb Kubba, Business Development Manager.

 
Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Monday, March 5, 2012, and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, February 2, 2012, the Committee commenced consideration of Bill C-23, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
 

On motion of Ed Holder, it was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $25,600, in relation to its study of Bill C-23, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, be adopted.

 

Marvin Hildebrand made a statement and, with Barbara Martin, Denis Landreville, Pierre Bouchard and Ton Zuijdwijk, answered questions.

 

At 11:59 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:06 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Kathleen Sullivan, Andrew Casey, Bob Kirke and Zaineb Kubba made statements and, with Richard Phillips, answered questions.

 

At 12:59 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Paul Cardegna
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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