Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade explained

The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (AEFA) (French: Commité permanent du Sénat des Affaires étrangères et commerce international) is a standing committee of the Senate of Canada, active since 1938. As a standing committee, the rules of the Senate re-establish the committee at the opening of every new session (otherwise the committee would permanently dissolve).

Role

The mandate of the Committee is to examine legislation and matters that relate to Canada's foreign, Commonwealth and NAFTA relations, policies and agreements.

Members

Caucus		Member	Province	Conservative	Raynell Andreychuk, chair	SK	Conservative		ON	Conservative		QC	Conservative		ON	Conservative		ON	Conservative		NU	Independent Senators Group		MB	Independent Senators Group		QC	Independent Senators Group		ON	Independent Senators Group		QC	Independent Senators Group		BC	Non-affiliated		ON	Senate Liberal	Percy Downe, deputy chair	PEI	Senate Liberal		NS	Senate Liberal		QC

The Representative of the Government in the Senate and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ex-officio members of the committee.