Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
Second Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03
Chair: The Honourable COLIN KENNYMonday, June 16, 2003
Issue No. 20
Twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth meetings on:
Examination on the need for a national security policy for Canada
First and only meeting on:
Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Pension Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act
First and only meeting on:
Bill C-44, An Act to compensate military members injured during service
INCLUDING:
THE ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-31)
and
THE TWELFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-44)
- Orders of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Eleventh and twelfth Reports
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (155K)
WITNESSES:
Bill C-31:
From the Department of Veterans Affairs:
Mr. Bryson Guptill, Director, Program Policy Directorate.
From the Department of National Defence:
Lieutenant-Colonel Brian Sutherland, Canadian Forces Liaison Officer to Veterans Affairs Canada.
From the Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
Inspector Earla-Kim McColl, Officer in Charge, Operational Policy Section, National Contract Policing Branch;
Mr. Brent Merkley, Benefits Policy Analyst, National Compensation Policy Centre.
Bill C-44:
From the Department of National Defence:
Lieutenant-Colonel Dan Dunlop, Quality of Life;
Mr. Alex Weatherston, Counsel, Legislative and Regulatory Services, Department of Justice assigned to Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces;
Ms. Nathalie Hébert, Legislative Project Manager, Legislative and Regulatory Services, Legal Adviser for Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces;
Mr. Patrick James, Special Adviser, Legal and International Affairs, Office of the Minister of National Defence.
Examination on the need for a national security policy for Canada:
From the Department of National Defence:
Captain (N) Larry Hickey, Assistant Chief of Staff Plans and Operations (for Maritime Forces Atlantic).
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)