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02:00:37

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – May 7, 2026

CPAC broadcasts all televised committee meetings from Parliament's upper house, the Senate, as senators meet on various committees to examine legislation through discussions, presentations, expert panels and more.

01:54:19

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – May 6, 2026

CPAC broadcasts all televised committee meetings from Parliament's upper house, the Senate, as senators meet on various committees to examine legislation through discussions, presentations, expert panels and more.

01:59:47

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – April 30, 2026

CPAC broadcasts all televised committee meetings from Parliament's upper house, the Senate, as senators meet on various committees to examine legislation through discussions, presentations, expert panels and more.

01:09:49

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – April 29, 2026

CPAC broadcasts all televised committee meetings from Parliament's upper house, the Senate, as senators meet on various committees to examine legislation through discussions, presentations, expert panels and more.

00:21:35

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – April 23, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - April 23, 2026 Bill C-13, An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the CPTPP Clause-by-clause consideration Witness Aaron Fowler, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, International Trade Branch and Chief Trade Negotiator (Global Affairs Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

02:00:11

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – April 22, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - April 22, 2026 Bill C-18, An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia Appearing The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, P.C., M.P., Minister of International Trade (Global Affairs Canada) Witnesses Jennifer Babcock, Chief Government and International Affairs Officer (Canadian Cattle Association) Wayne Christopher Farmer, President (Canada-ASEAN Business Council) Aaron Fowler, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, International Trade Branch and Chief Trade Negotiator (Global Affairs Canada) Elizabeth Kwan, Senior Researcher (Canadian Labour Congress) Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President, Research and Strategy (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

01:49:53

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – April 16, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - April 16, 2026 Bill C-13, An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the CPTPP Appearing The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, P.C., M.P., Minister of International Trade (Global Affairs Canada) Witnesses Aaron Fowler, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, International Trade Branch and Chief Trade Negotiator (Global Affairs Canada) Evan Lewis, Director, Trade Agreements (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) Axel Ndayisaba, Director, Trade Negotiations Division (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Darren Smith, Executive Director, Indo-Pacific Trade Policy Division (Global Affairs Canada) Matthew Smith, Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Trade Agreements and Negotiations (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

01:58:32

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – April 15, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - April 15, 2026 Bill C-13, An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the CPTPP Witnesses Martin Buckle, Vice-President (The British Canadian Chamber of Trade and Commerce) Jorge Correa, Vice-President, Market Access and Technical Affairs (Canadian Meat Council) Carlo Dade, Director, International Policy and New North America Initiative, School of Public Policy (University of Calgary) Michael Harvey, Executive Director (Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance) Stephen Heckbert, Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Pork Council) Edwina Melville-Gray, Chair, Board of Directors (Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners) René Roy, Chair (Canadian Pork Council) Source: sencanada.ca

01:59:51

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – March 26, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - March 26, 2026 Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: Situation in Iran Witnesses Eric Laporte, Acting Director General, International Security Policy and Strategic Affairs (Global Affairs Canada) Alexandre Lévêque, Assistant Deputy Minister, Europe, Middle East and Arctic Branch (Global Affairs Canada) Rebecca Netley, Legal Adviser and Director General, Legal Adviser and International Law Bureau (Global Affairs Canada) Dennis Horak, Retired Diplomat (As an Individual) Pierre Pahlavi, Professor of International Security, Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

01:28:01

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – March 25, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - March 25, 2026 Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: Canada's International Assistance Priorities Appearing The Honourable Randeep Sarai, P.C., M.P., Secretary of State (International Development) (International Development) Witnesses Geoff Black, Director General, International Assistance Policy and Strategic Cooperation Bureau (Global Affairs Canada) Leslie Norton, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Assistance Partnerships and Programming Branch (Global Affairs Canada) Cheryl Urban, Assistant Deputy Minister, Pan-geographic Affairs Branch (Global Affairs Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

01:12:56

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – March 12, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - March 12, 2026 Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: Consular and Emergency Assistance Witnesses Sébastien Beaulieu, Director General, International Emergency and Travel Advice Bureau (Global Affairs Canada) Yannick Lamonde, Director, Emergency Operations Division (Global Affairs Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

02:00:30

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - February 26, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - February 26, 2026 Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: The National Security Strategy of the United States of America Witnesses Maxwell A. Cameron, Professor, University of British Columbia (As an Individual) Ann Fitz-Gerald, Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Professor of International Security (As an Individual) Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President, Research and Strategy (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada) Richard Haass, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

01:53:47

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – February 25, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - February 25, 2026 Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: Situation in Ukraine Witnesses George Barros, Russia Team Lead, Senior Analyst (Institute for the Study of War) Dani Belo, Assistant Professor of International Relations (As an Individual) Max Bergmann, Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program (Center for Strategic and International Studies) Kristy Ironside, Associate Professor of Russian History and William Dawson Scholar (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

01:44:12

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – February 5, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - February 5, 2026 Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: International development in the current global climate Witnesses Catherine Jobin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy, Policy, and Public Affairs Branch(Global Affairs Canada) Christopher MacLennan, Deputy Minister of International Development(Global Affairs Canada) Leslie Norton, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Assistance Partnerships and Programming Branch(Global Affairs Canada) Kate Higgins, Chief Executive Officer(Cooperation Canada) Nicolas Moyer, Chief Executive Officer(Cuso International) Béatrice Vaugrante, Executive Director(Oxfam-Québec) The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 18 and 27 of Part 5 of Bill C-15, Budget 2025 Implementation Act. No. 1 Consideration of a draft report Source: sencanada.ca

01:55:26

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – February 4, 2026

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - February 4, 2026 Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: Canadians Abroad Witnesses Sébastien Beaulieu, Director General, International Emergency and Travel Advice Bureau (Global Affairs Canada) Julien Bérard-Chagnon, Chief, Centre for Demography (Statistics Canada) Kati Csaba, Director General, Consular Affairs Bureau (Global Affairs Canada) Laurent Martel, Director, Centre for Demography (Statistics Canada) Jeff Nankivell, President and Chief Executive Officer (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada) Richard Nimijean, Associate Professor (Teaching Stream), Carleton University (As an Individual) Michel Roussel, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Electoral Events and Innovation (Office of the Chief Electoral Officer) Steven Wang, Chief Executive Officer (Venture for Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

01:00:11

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – December 10, 2025

The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 18 and 27 of Part 5 of Bill C-15, Budget 2025 Implementation Act. No. 1 Witnesses Michael-John Almon, Assistant Deputy Director, Strategic Policy and Review (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada) Patrick Boulanger, Director, Export Controls Policy Division (Global Affairs Canada) Stephen Burridge, Executive Director, Sanctions Policy Division (Global Affairs Canada) Larisa Galadza, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, International Security and Political Affairs Branch (Global Affairs Canada) Erin Hunt, Director General, Financial Crimes and Security Division (Department of Finance Canada) Judy Korecky, Deputy Director, Export Controls Policy Division (Global Affairs Canada) Ben Rankin, Senior Advisor, Financial Crimes and Security Division (Department of Finance Canada) Jeremy Weil, Senior Director, International Financial Crimes and Sanctions (Department of Finance Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

01:52:01

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – December 3, 2025

Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: Situation in Ukraine Witnesses Jocelyn Kinnear, Director General, Ukraine Task Force (Global Affairs Canada) Eric Laporte, Executive Director, Regional Security and Defence Relations Division (Global Affairs Canada) His Excellency Andrii Plakhotniuk, Ambassador, Embassy of Ukraine to Canada (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

01:39:01

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – November 27, 2025

Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Appearing The Honourable Anita Anand, P.C., M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs (Global Affairs Canada) Witnesses Weldon Epp, Assistant Deputy Minister, Indo-Pacific Branch Alexandre Lévêque, Assistant Deputy Minister, Europe, Middle East and Arctic Branch Sandra McCardell, Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (Global Affairs Canada) Cheryl Urban, Assistant Deputy Minister, Africa Branch Source: sencanada.ca

01:59:49

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – November 26, 2025

Foreign Affairs and International Trade - November 26, 2025 Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: CUSMA and Canada's trade relationships with the United States and Mexico Witnesses Louise Blais, Senior Advisor (Business Council of Canada) Roberto Velasco Álvarez, Undersecretary for North America (Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Source: sencanada.ca

01:56:08

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade – November 20, 2025

Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations and international trade generally Topic: Situation in Sudan Witnesses Emadeddin Badi, Senior Fellow (Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime) Anne Delorme, Executive Director (Humanity & Inclusion Canada) Nisrin Elamin, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Toronto (As an Individual) Michel Olivier Lacharité, Head of Emergencies (Doctors Without Borders) France-Isabelle Langlois, Executive Director (Amnistie internationale Canada francophone) Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to Canada (Doctors Without Borders) Rita Morbia, Co-Manager (Inter Pares) Source: sencanada.ca