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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 128
Friday, April 30, 1999
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met at 8:35 a.m. this day, in William Pascoe Room of the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the Vice-Chair, Colleen Beaumier, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Colleen Beaumier, Charlie Penson.
Associate Member present: Murray Calder.
Other Members present: Jim Pankiw and Chris Axworthy.
In attendance: From the Parliamentary Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Gerald Schmitz, Research Officer.
Witnesses: From the University of Saskatchewan: Dr. Asit Sarkar, Director, University of Saskatchewan International and Special Advisor to the President; Jim Handy, President, CALACS; John Foster, Ariel F. Sallows, Professor of Human Rights, College of Law; Dr. Peter Phillips, Van Vliet Chair, Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Economics. From the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation: John Derbowka, Board Member. From the Saskatchewan Health Coalition: Warren Peterson, Spokesperson. From the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool: Marvin Shauf, Vice-President; Jonathan Grevel, Research Economist. From the Saskatchewan Women Agricultural Network (SWAN): Noreen Johns, Executive Secretary. From the Canadian Union of Public Employees: Malcolm Matheson, Spokesperson. From the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour: Don Anderson, Executive Assistant. As Individual: Tim Quigley, Council of Canadians; Carolyn Taylor, Saskatchewan Environmental Society; Neil Sinclair, Leader, New Green Alliance; Garth C. Nelson, Nature Saskatchewan; John McConnell, BSA, MA, Pag; John and Betsy Bury; Merv Harrison, Multi Faith Social Justice; Rev. Jeanette Liberty-Duns, Saskatoon Presbytery of the United Church; Rev. Merv Harrison, Multi Faith Social Justice; Roger Petry, Saskatchewan Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Church; Tony Haynes, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon; William R. Adamson; Don Irvine; Jan Norris; David Greenfield; Michelle Beveridge, OXFAM; Linda Murphy, Ploughshares & ICUCEC (InterChurch Uranium Committee Educational Cooperative).
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee continued its examination of Canada's trade objectives and the forthcoming agenda of the World Trade Organization (WTO). (See the Minutes of Proceedings, of October 22, 1998, Meeting no. 73).
Dr. Asit Sarkar, Professor John Foster, Professor Jim Handy and Dr. Peter Phillips, from the University of Saskatchewan, made statements and answered questions.
John Derbowka, from the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation and Warren Peterson, from the Saskatchewan Health Coalition, made statements.
Noreen Johns, from the Saskatchewan Women Agricultural Network, and Marvin Shauf, from the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, made statements and answered questions.
Don Anderson, from the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, and Malcolm Matheson, from the Canadian Union of Public Employees, made statements and answered questions.
At 11:30 a.m., Murray Calder took the Chair.
At 11:50 a.m., Colleen Beaumier resumed the Chair.
Tim Quigley, from the Council of Canadians; Carolyn Taylor, from the Saskatchewan Environmental Society; John and Betsy Bury, from Veterans Against Nuclear Arms; Neil Sinclair, from the New Green Alliance; Garth C. Nelson, from Nature Saskatchewan, and John McConnell, made statements and answered questions.
At 12:57 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 1:14 p.m., the sitting resumed.
Rev. Merv Harrison, from the Multi Faith Social Justice; Rev. Jeanette Liberty-Duns, from the Saskatoon Presbytery of the United Church; Roger Petry, from the Saskatchewan Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Tony Haynes, from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, made statements and answered questions.
William Adamson; Don Irvine; Jan Norris; David Greenfield; Michelle Beveridge, from OXFAM, and Linda Murphy, from Ploughshares & ICUCEC (InterChurch Uranium Committee Educational Cooperative), made statements.
At 3:20 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Christine Fisher
Committee Clerk