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Subcommittee on Review of Parliament’s involvement with associations and recognized Interparliamentary groups

(SJIC)

Sous-comité de l’Examen de la participation du Parlement aux activités des associations et des groupes interparlementaires reconnus

(SCIM)



Minutes

Meeting No. 6

November 1st, 2016


The Subcommittee on the review of Parliament’s involvement with Associations and recognized Interparliamentary Groups of the Joint Interparliamentary Council met this day in camera at 5:35 p.m., in room 256-S Centre Block, Scott Simms, M.P., presiding


Representing the Senate:

The Hon. Scott Tannas, Senator for the Hon. Donald Plett, Senator


Representing the House of Commons:

Irene Mathyssen, M.P., Scott Simms, M.P., and, Bruce Stanton, M.P.


Others present:

The Hon. Mobina Jaffer, Senator, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Caucus on Ending HIV, TB and Malaria; Chandra Arya, M.P., Chair, Canada-India Parliamentary Association; Fayçal El-Khoury, M.P., Chair, Canada-Lebanon Friendship Group; Peter Fonseca, M.P., Co-Chair, Canada-Portugal Parliamentary Friendship Group; Tom Kmiec, M.P., Chair, Parliamentary Friends of the Kurds; Linda Lapointe, M.P., Chair, Canada-Germany Interparliamentary Group; Alexandra Mendès, M.P., Co-Chair, Canada-Portugal Parliamentary Friendship Group and Chair, Canada-Moldova Parliamentary Friendship Group; Judy Sgro, Chair, Canada–Taiwan Friendship Group, Parliamentary Friends of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Canada–Turkey Parliamentary Association; Francesco Sorbara, M.P., Chair, Canada-Italy Interparliamentary Group; Arif Virani, M.P., Chair, Parliamentary Friends of Tibet; Borys Wrzesnewskyk, M.P., Chair, Canada-Ukraine Friendship Group; Salma Zahid, M.P., Chair, Canada-Pakistan Friendship Group.


From the Library of Parliament:

Christine Ivory, Chief, International Affairs Section Marcus Pistor, Senior Director, Economics, Resources and International Affairs Division


1. Adoption of the Minutes of Proceedings of the previous two meetings

By unanimous consent, it was agreed that the minutes of the meeting of June 15, 2016 be adopted.

By unanimous consent, it was agreed that the minutes of the meeting of October 25, 2016 be adopted.


2. Roundtable of Recognized Interparliamentary Groups and Friendship Groups

The witnesses made statements and answered questions.


At 6:32 p.m., the Subcommittee suspended.


At 6:34 p.m., the Subcommittee resumed.


3. Presentation of the Co-Chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, the Hon. Wayne Easter, M.P.

The witness made a statement and answered questions.


At 7:10 p.m., the Subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Danielle Labonté

Clerk


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