Foreign Affairs committee  International conventions like the Ottawa convention and the ATT are intended to create an international standard and are intended for all states parties to try to come up to that standard. We view the Ottawa convention not only as a Canadian success but certainly as an internati

Foreign Affairs committee  Good morning. My name is Richard Arbeiter. I am the director general of the international security policy bureau at Global Affairs Canada. It is my pleasure to speak to you today. My colleague, Wendy Gilmour, will speak shortly to the details of Bill C-47, which would make amen