title: Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
text: # Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  
  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 | Salma Ataullahjan | ON |
  | Conservative | Leo Housakos | QC |
  | Conservative | Thanh Hai Ngo | ON |
  | Conservative | Victor Oh | ON |
  | Conservative | Dennis Patterson | NU |
  | Independent Senators Group | Patricia Bovey | MB |
  | Independent Senators Group | Marc Gold | QC |
  | Independent Senators Group | Sabi Marwah | ON |
  | Independent Senators Group | Raymonde Saint-Germain | QC |
  | Independent Senators Group | Yuen Pau Woo | BC |
  | Non-affiliated | Anne Cools | ON |
  | Senate Liberal | Percy Downe, deputy chair | PEI |
  | Senate Liberal | Jane Cordy | NS |
  | Senate Liberal | Dennis Dawson | 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.
  
  