Cabinet Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security

Cabinet Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security

Considers foreign affairs, international development, public and national security, and defence policy issues.

Chair
The Hon. Peter Gordon MacKay

Vice-Chair
The Hon. Robert Douglas Nicholson

Members
The Hon. Peter Van Loan 
The Hon. Jason Kenney  
The Hon. Christian Paradis
The Hon. Steven Blaney
The Hon. Edward Fast
The Hon. Chris Alexander
The Hon. Erin O'Toole
The Hon. Lynne Yelich*
The Hon. Alice Wong*

* The Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular) and the Minister of State (Seniors) will attend meetings of the Committee.

Ministers are listed in order of date of appointment to the Privy Council and by date first elected to the House of Commons or appointed to the Senate, followed by Ministers of State, who are listed in the same fashion.

The Minister of Finance and the President of the Treasury Board are ex-officio members of Committees where they are not shown as standing members.