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Standing Senate Committee Foreign Affairs International Trade and Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Senator Raynell Andreychuk Saskatchewan: Prime Minister Stephen Harper would like to avoid the subject, according to Huffington Post Canada. But last week the Canadian Senate proved that it can make a valuable contribution to public policy discourse by issuing a thoughtful report on North America. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau unfriended it. It was a product of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, chaired by Senator Raynell Andreychuk of Saskatchewan. The Committee heard from 22 witnesses including the Mexican Ambassador to Canada Francisco Suárez. Entitled North American Neighbours: Maximizing Opportunities and Strengthening Cooperation for a More Prosperous Future, the report weighs in at a concise 38 pages. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.