Foreign Affairs Committee on April 14th, 2026

Evidence of meeting #29 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was syrian.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Syria’s Political Transition
Committee Business

Members speaking

Ahmed Hussen
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
Ziad Aboultaif
Anita Vandenbeld
Lianne Rood
Steven Guilbeault
Michael Chong
Kristina Tesser Derksen
Tamara Kronis

Before the committee

Bonsey  Senior Advisor for Syria, International Crisis Group
Ozsoy  Former Deputy Chair and Member of Parliament, People's Democratic Party of Turkey
Dureid  Co-Founder, The Syrian Women's Political Movement
Hussain Khan  Chief Executive Officer, Islamic Relief Canada
Al-Yassini  President-Founder, Syrian Canadian Congress
Anas Al-Kassem  Doctor and Vice-President, Union of Medical Relief Organizations-Canada

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen

Thank you to our guests for their appearance and statements and for answering all of the questions.

Our next meeting will be this Thursday.

Is it the will of the committee to adjourn the meeting?

5:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen

The meeting is adjourned.