Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. My work in Tajikistan is the focus of the political party development work that I did overseas. Tajikistan is a former Soviet state. It's the poorest of the former Soviet republics. I was there for the second parliamentary elections in the country's h

Foreign Affairs committee  Very specifically, the contract was signed on Friday, January 15, which was a week after the death of Mr. Beauregard. It was signed by Marie-France Cloutier, the director of finance and administration; Anne-Marie Lavoie, deputy director of human resources; and France-Isabelle Lan

Foreign Affairs committee  I certainly don't think it was within the acceptable norms of governance for any organization anywhere. That's why I was stunned to learn about it on Tuesday. This is something that must be cleared up. For a collective agreement that has been difficult to negotiate and has been n

Foreign Affairs committee  I want to very briefly reinforce the comments of my colleagues. At last week's board meeting we approved a strategic plan for the next five years, which had been worked on for many months by the senior staff. More importantly, we approved a plan that they brought forward to ass

Foreign Affairs committee  The other example is not so much of consistency with their testimony--and it's been alluded to here--but it's that last May, before I attended my first board meeting, some of the first correspondence I received from the centre was a package of bylaw amendments that were proposed

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, the meeting in January was my second board meeting. My first one was last June. The meeting in January, as Mr. Braun said, was much more civil than the June meeting. The June meeting was unbelievable. It was an incredible introduction to this board and to the organization.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the invitation to appear before you today. I would like to preface my remarks by saying that my experience with Rights and Democracy is only limited to the last 11 months, as I was appointed to the Board at the end of April, 2009. I'm glad to be able to take this