Anita Vandenbeld
- Born
- December 3, 1971 — Calgary, Alberta
- Education
- B.A. (Hon.), History and Political Science, University of Calgary; M.A. in Political and Constitutional History, York University, 1994
- Career
- Director of Parliamentary Affairs in the Office of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Policy Analyst with the National Liberal Caucus Research Bureau in the Canadian Parliament; Chief of staff to a Canadian Senator; worked for over a decade in international democratic development with the United Nations Development Programme and UNIFEM, and the National Democratic Institute
- Political Experience
- Elected to represent the riding of Ottawa West—Nepean in 2015, re-elected in 2019, 2021 and 2025. Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Development.
- Notable
- First in her family to graduate from University. Awarded the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal for her work in Kosovo in 2008. Recipient of the 2021 Esprit de Corps 'Breaking Down the Barricades - Top Women in Defence' award. Recipient of the 'Leading Women-Leading Girls' community service award.
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Thank you very much. Canada has had long-standing diplomatic relations with Cuba, so that relationship is something that we could certainly use. I don't want to use the word “leverage”, but we can use some of the relationship and the aid to be able to assist Cuban people who are looking for reforms. I would like to go back to Mr. Suarez on the idea of the humanitarian corridors. You mentioned [more]
Ms. Barrero Ferrer, please go ahead.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our witnesses. I'd like to direct my first question to Mr. Cires. I think all of us agree that we want to see a Cuba where the humanitarian disaster that is happening right now is alleviated for the people and there is self-determination and democracy and respect for human rights and rule of law. I don't think anyone here disagrees with that. I'd like to go [more]
Thank you very much. I want to thank both witnesses for the work that you're doing and for your testimony today. We all have constituents who are writing to us, and we're seeing the images coming out of Cuba. There is tremendous concern to help the people of Cuba and to provide some humanitarian assistance, as our government announced yesterday. I'm very interested in how Canada can use our [more]