Foreign Affairs Committee on Dec. 14th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #42 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was oas.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Statutory Review of the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act and the Special Economic Measures Act
Briefing with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Committee Business

MPs speaking

Bob Nault
Peter Kent
Jati Sidhu
Michael Levitt
Hélène Laverdière
Raj Saini
Marc Miller
Dean Allison
Peter Fragiskatos

Also speaking

Excellency Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes  Secretary General, Organization of American States (OAS)
Christopher Hernandez-Roy  Assistant to the Secretary General, Organization of American States (OAS)

4:40 p.m.

Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes

Thank you very much. You would be extremely welcome at our headquarters in Washington. It's one of the prettiest buildings in Washington, in fact.

I saw you last week, I saw you this week, so I hope to see you next week.

December 14th, 2016 / 4:40 p.m.

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4:40 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bob Nault

Well, it may not be next week—

4:40 p.m.

Voices

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bob Nault

—but I can guarantee that we will be in Washington to visit you for sure, Secretary General. Thank you on behalf of all of us.

Colleagues, we'll now take a short break before we go in camera for a very short period of time. It won't take long.

[Proceedings continue in camera]