Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
Issue 1 - First Report
Tuesday, October 29, 2002
The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence has the honour to table its
FIRST REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such legislation and other matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to Rule 104 of the Rules, that the expenses incurred by the Committee during the First Session of the Thirty-seventh Parliament are as follows:
1. With respect to its special study to conduct an introductory survey of the major security and defence issues facing Canada with a view to preparing a detailed work plan for future comprehensive studies (Authorized by the Senate on Thursday, May 31, 2001):
(a) During this study, your Committee spent 173.5 hours meeting 204 persons in hearings and fact-finding visits. In addition to hearings in Ottawa, the Committee made three fact-finding visits in Canada and one to Washington, D.C. The Committee visited ports and airports in Montreal, Vancouver and Halifax. It also heard from military personnel in Regular and Reserve units of the Canadian Forces in Montreal, Esquimalt, Winnipeg, Halifax and Gagetown. In Washington the Committee met with congressional and administration leaders responsible for defence, security and homeland defence matters.
(b) Your Committee submitted 3 reports including its substantive report entitled ``Canadian Security and Military Preparedness.''
2. With respect to its special study to examine and report on the need for a national security policy for Canada (Authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, April 16, 2002):
(a) During this study, your Committee spent 102 hours meeting 191 persons in hearings and fact-finding visits. In addition to hearings in Ottawa, the Committee held hearings in Toronto on airport security. It also made two fact-finding visits in Canada. The Committee visited military installations in Ottawa and a land border crossings in Lansdowne (Ontario). It also heard from military personnel in Kingston, Borden, Trenton and Petawawa.
(b) Your Committee submitted 3 reports including its substantive report entitled ``Defence of North America: A Canadian Responsibility.''
| Professional and other services | $ 167,473 |
| Transportation and Communication | $ 253,933 |
| All other expenditures | $ 16,366 |
| Witness Expenses | $ 5,971 |
| Total | $ 443,743 |
3. With respect to its special study to examine and report on the health care provided to veterans of war and of peacekeeping missions; the implementation of the recommendations made in its previous reports on such matters; and the terms of service, post-discharge benefits and health care of members of the regular and reserve forces as well as members of the RCMP and of civilians who have served in close support of uniformed peacekeepers (Authorized by the Senate on October 4, 2001):
(a) This Order of Reference was delegated to a Subcommittee on October 15, 2001, which heard 38 witnesses and held 9 meetings (15.3 hours) and submitted 1 report in relation to its work.
(b) In addition to hearing from representatives of all major veterans' organizations, the Sub-committee travelled to Charlottetown for public hearings with departmental officials and an opportunity to visit departmental facilities.