08:00-09:00

Informal meeting

09:00-10:30

Fact-finding visit to Maritime Operations Centre, CFB Halifax  

Rear-Admiral Dan McNeil 

Captain Orville Thamer, Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations

10:30-12:30

Public Hearing  

Colonel Alan Blair, 12 Wing Commanding Officer 

Colonel Perry Matte, 14 Wing Commanding Officer 

12:30 – 14:00

Fact-finding visit – lunch with Junior Non-Commissioned members: 

Master Seaman Dave Lundrigan
Leading Seaman Roberts
Master Corporal  Waye
Leading Seaman Neville
Master Seaman Deschamps
Master Seaman Brake
Master Corporal Simpson
Corporal Ross
Master Corporal Russell
Master Seaman Benoit
Master Seaman Audet
Master Corporal Ryan
Leading Seaman Savoie
Leading Seaman Nickerson
Master Corporal Long
Master Seaman dietrich\Master Seaman Osborne
Master Seaman Foote
Able Seaman Mackenzie
Master Bombardier Blackburn
Master Corporal Beaudoin
Master Seaman Warren
Leading Seaman Embury
Leading Seaman Murphy

14:00-14 :30

Discussion with Rear-Admiral McNeil

14:30-16:00

Public Hearing 

Danford W. Middlemiss , Professor, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University 

Dennis Stairs, Professor, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University 

Vice-Admiral Jim King (Ret’d), Vice-President Atlantic

CFN Consultants  

18:30-20:00

Townhall Meeting

08:00-08:30

Informal meeting

08:30-9:00

Travel to fact-finding visit 

12 officers present to brief committee members and staff

09:00-09:45

Fact-Finding visit: Tour of Submarine: H.M.C.S. CORNER BROOK 

Lt. Commander Luc Cassivi plus 5 officers as escorts for tour

09:45-10:15

Fact-Finding Visit: Tour of Destroyer: H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN 

Captain David Gardam  

10:150-11:00

General discussion on visits with 15 officers and NCOs

11:00-12:30

Public Hearing 

Rear-Admiral Dan McNeil, Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic 

Commodore Tyrone Pile, Commander Canadian Fleet Atlantic

12:30-13:30

Informal meeting

13:30-15:00

Public Hearing 

Captain(N) Roger MacIsaac, Base Commander, CFB Halifax 

Captain(N) Andy Smith, Commanding Officer, Fleet Repair Facility Cape Scott (FMFCS)

15:00-16:30

Public Hearing  

Mr. Barry Manuel, Coordinator, Emergency Measures Organisation, City of Halifax 

Deputy Chief Bruce Burrell, Halifax Fire Service 

Mr. Craig Maclaughlan, Executive Director, Emergency Measures Organisation, Province of Nova Scotia 

Mr. Adam Rostis Federal/Provincial/Municipal Liaison Officer, Emergency Measures Organisation, Province of Nova Scotia 

Colonel J.C.R. Lacroix, CD , Chief of Staff Land Force Atlantic Area

16:45-18:30

Informal Dinner hosted by Rear-Admiral Dan McNeil 

Dr. Dan Middlemiss
Dr. Denis Stairs
Dr. Ann Griffiths
Comamnder (Ret`d) Peter Haydon
Commodore (Ret`d) Eric Lerhe
Commander Bob Edwards
Commander Ty Pile
Captain (N) Andy Smith
Captain (N) Rick Payne
Captain (N) Rick Payne
Captain (N) Orv Thanner
Lieutenant Commander Luc Cassivi
Colonel Doug Neil
Colonel Roch Lacroix