Good afternoon, colleagues.
This is the fourth meeting of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Today we begin our review of key elements of Canadian foreign policy.
On behalf of the committee, I want to welcome our guests and our witnesses here today.
As a witness in our first hour, we have, from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Dr. Fen Osler Hampson, chancellor's professor and director. Dr. Hampson is the senior adviser to the United States Institute of Peace, a member of the board of directors of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, and the social science foundation board at the University of Denver. Dr. Hampson is the author or co-author of eight books and editor or co-editor of more than 23 other volumes. In addition, he is the author of more than 80 articles and book chapters on international affairs.
We also have with us today Mr. Michael Hart. He holds the Simon Reisman chair in trade policy at the Norman Paterson School. He is formerly from the Department of Foreign Affairs, specializing in trade policy and trade negotiations. He is the author, editor, and co-editor of more than a dozen books, and he has numerous articles and chapters in books on international trade issues. His latest book is From Pride to Influence: Towards a New Canadian Foreign Policy.
Our committee provides time for an opening statement from both our witnesses, and then we proceed into the first round of questioning. We don't rule too tough on the timelines, but we try to keep close to 10 minutes for the opening statements, and then we go into the first round of questions, which is seven minutes per party.
As a reminder to the committee, in our second hour we're going to hear from the Department of Foreign Affairs. We'll introduce them when they come.
Welcome.
Mr. Hampson, I believe you've drawn the short straw and will begin, so we look forward to your comments.