Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable COLIN KENNY
Thursday, May 5, 2005
Friday, May 6, 2005
Issue No. 21
Forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth and fiftieth meetings on:
Canada's national security policy
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 5, 2005 (morning session) (68K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 5, 2005 (afternoon session) (77K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 5, 2005 (townhall meeting) (58K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 6, 2005 (212K)
WITNESSES:
Thursday, May 5, 2005
Morning session
National Defence:
Colonel Alan Blair, 12 Wing Commander;
Colonel Perry Matte, 14 Wing Commander.
Afternoon session
Dalhousie University:
Danford W. Middlemiss, Professor, Department of Political Science;
Denis Stairs, Professor, Department of Political Science.
CFN Consultants:
Vice-Admiral (Ret'd) Jim King, Vice-President, Atlantic.
Townhall meeting
As Individuals:
Commodore (Ret'd) Eric Leher;
David J. Bright;
Paul Phillips;
Jim Livingston;
Brian Butler;
Albert Tanguay;
Tamara Lorincz;
Colonel (Ret'd) Don McLeod;
Wally Buckoski;
Carolyn van Gurp.
Friday, May 6, 2005
National Defence:
Rear-Admiral Dan McNeil, Commander, Maritime Forces Atlantic;
Commodore Ty Pile, Commander, Canadian Fleet Atlantic;
Captain (N) Roger MacIsaac, Base Commander, CFB Halifax;
Captain (N) Andy Smith, Commanding Officer, Fleet Maintenance Facility;
Colonel Roch Lacroix, Chief of Staff, Land Force Atlantic Area.
City of Halifax:
Barry Manuel, Coordinator, Emergency Measures Organization.
Province of Nova Scotia:
Craig MacLaughlan, Executive Director, Emergency Measures Organization;
Adam Rostis, Federal/Provincial/Municipal Liaison Officer.
Halifax Fire and Emergency:
Bruce Burrell, Deputy Chief Director.
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, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Meighen, Munson, 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 Forrestall is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Oliver (May 3, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Banks is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercer (May 3, 2005).