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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

	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