The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
Atlantic Canada
January 30 to February 3, 2005
Sunday January 30, 2005
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Travel to Saint John |
Monday January 31, 2005
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08:00-09:00 |
Informal meeting |
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09:00-10:30 |
Fact-finding visit Robert Simonds, Fire Chief, Saint John Fire Department Allen Bodechon, Police Chief, Saint John Police Department Visit and demonstration: · Mobile Command Unit · Hazardous Materials Unit · Port of Saint John |
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10:30-12:00 |
Public Hearing Dr. Marc Milner, Director Military and Strategic Studies Program, University of New Brunswick |
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12:00 – 12:30 |
Public Hearing Chief Warrant Officer (ret’d) W.O. Nicolas DeVries |
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12:30-13:00 |
Informal meeting |
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13:30-15:00 |
Public Hearing Brigadier-General R.R. Romses, Commander Land Forces Atlantic Area Colonel Ryan Jestin , Commander C.F.B. Gagetown, 3 Area Support Group Colonel Christopher Davis, Commander, Combat Training Centre, C.F.B. Gagetown |
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15:30 – 17:00 |
Public Hearing Lieutenant-Colonel Steve Bowes, Armour School, C.F. B. Gagetown Lieutenant-Colonel Brian Douglas, Artillery School, C.F.B. Gagetown Lieutenant-Colonel Rene Melcanon, Infantry School, C.F.B. Gagetown Lieutenant-Colonel Pat McAdam, Tactics School, C.F.B. Gagetown Lieutenant-Colonel Ranjeet K. Gupta, Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering, C.F.B. Gagetown |
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18:00-19:00 |
Informal meeting |
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19:00-20:30 |
Townhall |
Tuesday February 01, 2005
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Travel to Charlottetown |
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11:00-11:30 |
Informal meeting with Senator (ret’d) Archie Johnstone, former Deputy Chair of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs |
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11:30-13:30 |
Public hearing of Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Jack Stagg, Deputy Minister, Veterans Services Brian Ferguson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Veterans Services Darragh Mogan Executive Director, Service & Program Modernization Task Force Bryson Guptill, Director, Program & Service Redesign Modernization Task Force Accompanied by Bernard Butler, Director, Program Delivery National Operations Division, and Robert Mercer, Executive Director, Public Affairs Branch, Canada Remembers |
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13:30-14:00 |
Informal meeting |
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14:00-15:30 |
Public Hearing Peter Haydon, Senior Research Fellow for the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University |
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15:30 -17:00 |
Public Hearing Lieutenant-Commander Phil Mundy, Executive Officer, H.M.C.S. Queen Charlotte Lieutenant-Colonel D.B. McKinnon, P.E. I. Regiment Major A.G.
Hynes, Air Reserve Coordinator (East)
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Travel to St. John’s |
Wednesday February 02, 2005
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08:00-9:00 |
Informal meeting |
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09:00-10:15
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Public Hearing Lieutenant-Colonel Jim Macaleese, Commander 9 Wing (Gander), Major Brian Wicks, Commander, 103 Search and Rescue Squadron (Gander) |
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10:15-11:15
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Visit to Canadian Coast Guard Maritime Search and Rescue Base, including briefing on Cormorant Helicopter Captain Scott Tromp, Aircraft Captain Cormorants Flight Crew: Captain Dan Cunningham, First Officer, Warrant Officer Kevin Morawski, Flight Engineer, Master Corporal Absalom Pierce, Flight Engineer, Sergeant Ron Kuhn, Search and Rescue Technician, Master Corporal William Kelland, Search and Rescue Technician |
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11:15-12:30
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Public Hearing Lawrence Dempsey, National President, and Captain Mark Boucher, National Secretary-Treasurer, The Canadian Merchant Service Guild Wayne Fagan, Regional Vice-President, and John Fox, member, Union of Canadian Transportation Employees’ (UCTE) |
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12:30-13:00 |
Informal meeting |
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13:00-14:45 |
Public Hearing John Butler, Regional Director, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canadian Coast Guard |
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14:45-16:30 |
Lieutenant-Commander Max Harvey, Commander, H.M.C.S Cabot Lieutenant-Colonel J.F. Camsell, 36th Service Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel S.P. Leonard, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, (1st Battalion) |
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16:30-17:00 |
Informal meeting |
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18:00-20:00 |
Townhall |
Thursday February 03, 2005
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08:00-09:00 |
Informal meeting |
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09:00-10:00 |
Public Hearing The Honourable Trevor Taylor, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and Minister Responsible for Labrador John Hickey MHA, Lake Melville, House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador Leo Abbas, Mayor, Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
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10:00-11:30 |
Public Hearing Richard Deering, Chief of Police, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Bill Smith, Superintendent, Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
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11:30-13:00 |
Visit to St. John’s Emergency Operations Centre, St.Departure for Fact-Finding (First responders) David Blackmore, Director of Building & Property Management, City of St. John’s Michael J. Dwyer, P. Eng., Director of Regional Fire Services (Fire Chief), St. John's Regional Fire Department |
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Travel to Ottawa |