REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE |
TUESDAY, June 14, 2005 |
The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
has the honour to table its
TENTH REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Wednesday, October 20 2004, to examine and report on the national security policy for Canada, now reports that between Thursday April 14, 2005, and Thursday April 21, 2005, it travelled to New York, New York, Norfolk, Virginia, and Washington, District of Columbia to conduct fact-finding discussions with senior officials from the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the U.S. military, academics, and U.S. Congressional and Administration officials.
U.N.
As part of the meetings with senior United Nations officials, the Committee held substantive discussions with:
Madame Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations;
Mr. David Harland, Chief, Best Practices Unit, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations;
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations; and,
Major-General Randhir Kumar Mehta, Military Adviser to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations.
NATO and U.S. Military
As part of the meetings with senior NATO and U.S. military officials, the Committee held substantive discussions with:
Admiral Edmund Giambastiani Jr., U.S. Navy, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, and Commander, United States Joint Forces Command;
Ms. Debra Cagan, Political Advisor to Supreme Allied Commander Transformation;
Commodore Peter Walpole, U.K. Royal Navy;
Captain (N) Thomas Henning, U.S. Navy;
Colonel John A. Toolan, U.S. Marine Corps, Director, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College;
Colonel David Spasojevich, U.S. Marine Corps; and,
The Committee held a working lunch with General and Flag officers from 9 NATO nations (Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and the U.S.).
U.S. Congressional and Administration Officials
As part of the meetings with senior U.S. Congressmen, the Committee held substantive discussions with:
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Maryland), Chair of the Projection Forces Sub-Committee of the House Armed Services Committee;
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs;
Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant, United States Coast Guard;
Rep. Joel Hefley (R-Colorado), Chair of the Readiness Sub-Committee of the House Armed Services Committee;
Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-California), Chair of the Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity Sub-Committee of the House Homeland Security Committee;
Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R-Michigan), Member of the U.S. Congress Northern Border Caucus;
Rep. John Mica (R-Florida), Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Alabama), Chair of the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight of the House Homeland Security Committee;
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., (R-Wisconsin), Chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary;
Rep. Rob Simmons (R-Connecticut), Chair of the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment of the House Homeland Security Committee;
Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation;
Rear-Admiral (ret’d) David M. Stone, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration; and,
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Michigan), Co-Chair, U.S. Congress Northern Border Caucus.
Academics
The Committee had substantive discussions with:
Dr. Christopher Sands, Senior Associate Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Canadian Officials
The Committee also took advantage of the opportunity to meet with Canadian military and diplomatic personnel serving in New York, Norfolk, and Washington, including:
Ambassador Frank McKenna, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.;
Mr. Gilbert Laurin, Deputy Ambassador, Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations;
Lieutenant-General Michel Maisonneuve, Canadian Army, Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation;
Rear-Admiral Ian Mack, Commander of the Canadian Defence Liaison Staff Washington;
Mr. Jon Allen, Minister (Political), Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.;
Mr. Glyn Berry, Minister-Counsellor, Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations; and,
Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Buck, Canadian Army, Concept development and experimentation, Allied Command Transformation.
The content of our discussions in all three locations has been immensely valuable to the Committee’s on-going study of Canadian national security and defence policy and will contribute materially to reports the Committee plans to table in the Senate in the coming months.
Respectfully submitted,
COLIN KENNY
Chair