Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable COLIN KENNY
Monday, January 31, 2005
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Issue No. 9
Fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth meetings on:
Canada's national security policy
INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget — Additional funds)
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Fourth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, January 31, 2005 (morning meeting) (102K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, January 31, 2005 (afternoon meeting) (180K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, January 31, 2005 (evening meeting) (99K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, February 1, 2005 (155K)
WITNESSES:
Monday, January 31, 2005
Saint John, New Brunswick
Morning meeting
University of New Brunswick:
Marc Milner, Director, Military and Strategic Studies Program.
As an individual:
C.W.O. (Ret'd) Nicolaas deVries.
Afternoon meeting
National Defence:
Brigadier-General RR. Romses, Commander, Land Forces Atlantic Area;
Colonel Ryan Jestin, Commander, C.F.B. Gagetown, 3 Area Support Group;
Colonel Christopher J.R. Davis, Commander, Combat Training Centre, C.F.B. Gagetown;
National Defence, CFB Gagetown:
Lieutenant-Colonel Steve Bowes, Armour School.
Lieutenant-Colonel Brian Douglas, Artillery School;
Lieutenant-Colonel René Melançon, Infantry School;
Lieutenant-Colonel Pat McAdam, Tactics School;
Lieutenant-Colonel Ranjeet K. Gupta, Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering.
Town Hall
As individuals:
Bernard Cormier;
Elsie Wayne;
Ralph Wood;
Les Holloway;
Habib Kilisli;
Ralph Forté;
Colonel James H. Turnbull;
Greg Cook;
Dennis Driscoll;
Pat Hanratty;
Judson Corey;
Leticia Adair;
Honourary Lieutenant-Colonel E. Neil McKelvey;
John Steeves;
Roy Hobson;
Bernie Ritchie;
Gloria G. Paul;
W. John Steeves-Smith;
Mike Collins;
Phillip Blaney;
Captain A. Soppitt;
Patrick Donovan.
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Dalhousie University:
Peter Haydon, Senior Research Fellow for the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies.
H.M.C.S. Queen Charlotte:
Lieutenant-Commander Phil Mundy, Executive Officer.
P.E.I. Regiment:
Lieutenant-Colonel D.B. McKinnon.
Canadian Air Division Headquarters:
Major A.G. Hynes, Air Reserve Coordinator (East).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Colin Kenny, Chair
The Honourable J. Michael Forrestall, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Atkins, *Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Banks, Cordy, Day, Downe, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Meighen, Nolin
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), the membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Nolin (December 14, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Nolin is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton (January 28, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Downe is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Munson (January 31, 2005).