Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
Second Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03
Chair: The Honourable COLIN KENNY
Monday, March 17, 2003
Issue No. 12
Fourteenth and fifteenth meetings on:
Examination on the need for a national security policy for Canada
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - morning session (135K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - afternoon session (135K)
WITNESSES:
Morning session:
From the Department of National Defence:
Major-General Pierre Daigle, MSC, CD, Special Advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff (Homeland Security Issues);
Colonel Rick Williams, Director, Western Hemisphere Policy, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Branch.
From the Privy Council Office:
Mr. Robert Fonberg, Deputy Secretary to the cabinet, Operations;
Mr. Graham Flack, Director of Operations, Borders Task Force.
Afternoon session:
From the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada:
Mr. Daniel Jean, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Program Development;
Mr. Bruce Scoffield, Director, Policy Development and International Coordination, Refugees Branch;
Ms. Caroline Melis, Director, Program Development, Enforcement Branch.
From the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade:
Mr. Jon Allen, Director General, North America Bureau;
Ms. Jill Sinclair, Director General, International Security Bureau.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Colin Kenny, Chair
The Honourable J. Michael Forrestall, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Atkins, Banks, *Carstairs, P.C., (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cordy, Day, *Lynch-Staunton, (or Kinsella), Meighen, Smith, P.C., Wiebe
*Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)