Foreign Affairs committee  Bill C-293 says we'd need to provide a summary of any representation made. It doesn't say a summary of any representation consistent with the confidentiality requirements of board members or consistent with the Access to Information Act. It says that of any representation we make

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, lawyers are going to have read the two together. What counsel are telling me is that as written now, this implies an obligation for us to go further than we are doing in the existing report, and if it does, that causes us concern. But our broader point is that we have an e

Foreign Affairs committee  It does. Along with the United Kingdom, we are the two countries that have pushed the limits to the extreme of this in providing, where we abstain or vote nay, an indication of it in the report.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'm in your hands. I provided remarks in advance this morning. Given that we're running behind schedule, I'd be more than happy to spend two or three minutes hitting the high points, so that there'd be more time for questions, or I could read the full remarks. It's r

Foreign Affairs committee  Would you prefer the summary version? I can do it quite quickly, maybe in three or four minutes. I'm in your hands.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the invitation to come here. I'm hoping to provide information, and I know there were some questions in the previous committee meetings about the Department of Finance's role in the Bretton Woods institutions in particular and in development assistance. As you're