Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development

The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) is a committee in the House of Commons of Canada. It focuses on foreign policy and international development. Before the 39th Parliament, the committee was known as the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Mandate

Canadian foreign and development policy
International affairs (including developments or crises in specific regions or countries) and international security;
Membership of international organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization of American States, Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation, the G8, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Francophonie, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The operation, management and legislation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and its agencies:
- The Canadian International Development Agency
- The International Development Research Centre
- The International Joint Commission
- The Foreign Claims Commission
- The International Boundary Commission
- The Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission
- The Canada-United States Permanent Joint Board on Defence
- The Canadian International Grains Institute
- The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

Membership

	Member	District
Liberal	Michael Levitt, Chair	York Centre, ON
Liberal	Frank Baylis	Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Liberal	Pamela Goldsmith-Jones	West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Liberal	Kamal Khera	Brampton West, ON
Liberal	Andrew Leslie	Orléans, ON
Liberal	Raj Saini	Kitchener Centre, ON
Liberal	Jati Sidhu	Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, BC
Liberal	Anita Vandenbeld	Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	Etobicoke Centre, ON
Conservative	Erin O'Toole, Vice-Chair	Durham, ON
Conservative	Ziad Aboultaif	Edmonton Manning, AB
Conservative	Leona Alleslev	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, ON
New Democratic	Guy Caron, Vice-Chair	Rimouski-Neigette — Témiscouata — Les Basques, QC

Subcommittees

Subcommittee on Agendas and Procedures (SFAA)
Foreign Affairs and International Development Subcommittee on International Human Rights (SDIR)

References

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE)

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