Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chairman: The Honourable PETER A. STOLLERY

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

Issue No. 18

First meeting on: Bill C-6, An Act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act

APPEARING:

The Honourable John P. Manley, P.C. Minister of Foreign Affairs

WITNESSES:

From the Department of Foreign Affairs:

Mr. Peter Fawcett, Deputy Director, United States Transboundary Division.

From Environment Canada:

Mr. John Cooper, Director, National Water Issues.

From the Department of Justice:

Mr. Jason Reiskind, Counsel, International Law Section.

From the Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Carleton University:

Mr. Michael Hart, Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

From the University of Ottawa:

Ms Ruth Sullivan, Professor, Faculty of Law.

THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The Honourable Peter A. Stollery, Chairman

The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Austin, P.C., Bolduc, Carney, P.C., *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cools, Corbin, De Bané, P.C., Graham, P.C., Losier-Cool, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Mahovlich, Murray, P.C., Phalen

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Andreychuk substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Stratton (November 27, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Murray, P.C., substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Di Nino (November 27, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Setlakwe (November 27, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Cools substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Austin (November 27, 2001).