Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2010-11
Chair: The Honourable PAMELA WALLIN
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011 (in camera)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Issue No. 12
Twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second meetings on:
Canada's national security and defence policies
(The state and future of the Canadian Forces Reserves)
(Arctic sovereignty and security)
Third (final) meeting on:
Bill S-13, An Act to implement the Framework Agreement on Integrated
Cross-Border Martime
Law Enforcement Operations between the Government of Canada and the United
Stated of America
First (final) meeting on:
Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans
Re-establishment and Compensation Act and the Pension Act
INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-13, An Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Law Enforcement Agreement
between Canada and the United Stated)
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Arctic sovereignty and security)
THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans
Re-establishment and Compensation Act and the Pension Act)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Sixth Report
- Seventh Report
- Eighth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 28, 2011 (100K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 23, 2011 (87K)
APPEARING:
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture)
WITNESSES:
Monday, February 28, 2011
National Defence:
Rear-Admiral Andrew Smith, Chief of Military Personnel;
Lieutenant-Colonel Patricia Henry, Director of Reserve Support Management.
Public Safety Canada:
Barry MacKillop, Director General, Law Enforcement and Boarder Strategies Directorate;
Sophie Beecher, Counsel, Legal Services.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Veterans Affairs Canada:
Keith Hillier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Delivery;
Bernard Butler, Director General, Policy and Research.
Office of the Veterans Ombudsman:
Chief Warrant Officer (Retired) Guy Parent, Veterans Ombudsman.
Royal Canadian Legion:
Brad White, Dominion Secretary,
Pierre Allard, Service Bureau Director.
As an individual:
Brigadier-General (Retired) Joseph Sharpe.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Chair
The Honourable Roméo Antonius Dallaire, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:*Cowan (or Tardif), Day, Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mitchell, Nolin, Patterson, Pépin, Plett
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Day replaced the Honourable Senator Zimmer (March 24, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Dallaire replaced the Honourable Senator Banks (March 24, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (March 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Hubley (March 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Banks (March 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Zimmer replaced the Honourable Senator Day (March 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Dallaire (March 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (March 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (March 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (March 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (March 22, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (March 22, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Day replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (March 21, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Day (March 21, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (March 21, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (March 8, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Pépin replaced the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C. (March 8, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (March 3, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (March 3, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Pépin (March 3, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (March 2, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Pépin replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (March 1, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Pépin (February 28, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (February 28, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Pépin replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (February 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Day replaced the Honourable Senator Banks (February 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C. (February 23, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Day (February 16, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Pépin (February 16, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Pépin replaced the Honourable Senator Harb (February 15, 2011).
The Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (February 15, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C. (February 15, 2011).
The Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (February 15, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (February 15, 2011).