Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign
Affairs
First Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001-02
Chairman: The Honourable PETER A. STOLLERY
Monday, March 18, 2002
Issue No. 24
Nineteenth meeting concerning:
Its examination of the emerging political, social, economic and security developments in Russia and
Ukraine; Canada's policy and interests in the region; and
other related matters
INCLUDING:
THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE
APPEARING:
The Honourable Gar Knutson, P.C., M.P., Secretary of State (Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East)
WITNESSES:
As Individuals:
Mr. James Dmytro Jacuta, Director, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta;
Mr. Walter Makowecki, Heritage Frozen Food Ltd.
From Romyr and Associates:
Mr. Andrew Witer, President.
From the Ukrainian Canadian Congress:
Mr. Eugene Czolij, President.
From the Canada-Ukraine Advisory Council:
Dr. Roman Petryshyn, Member.
From the Canada Ukraine Foundation:
Mr. Ostap Hawaleshka, President.
As an Individual:
Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine.
As an Individual:
Mr. Orest Subtelny, Department of History and Political Science, York University.
From the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade:
Ms Ann T. Collins, Director, Eastern Europe Division;
Mr. Ron Halpin, Director General, Central, Eastern and Southern Europe Bureau.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Peter A. Stollery, Chairman
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Angus, Austin, P.C., Bolduc, Carney, P.C., *Carstairs, (or Robichaud), Corbin, De Bané, P.C., Grafstein, Graham, P.C., Losier-Cool, *Lynch-Staunton, (or Kinsella), Setlakwe
*Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Day substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Grafstein (February 20, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Stratton substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Di Nino (February 20, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Di Nino substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Stratton (February 21, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Grafstein substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Day (February 25, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Angus substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Di Nino (March 7, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Cordy substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Setlakwe (March 12, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Setlakwe substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (March 13, 2002).