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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence

Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2010

Chair: The Honourable PAMELA WALLIN

Monday, May 3, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010

Issue No. 4

Sixth and seventh meetings on:

Canada's national security and defence policy

(The role of our Forces in Afghanistan and NATO currently and post 2011)

(Canada's role in NORAD)

(The Canadian Forces component of the humanitarian relief operation in Haiti, Operation HESTIA)

(The role of our Forces in Afghanistan currently and post 2011)

WITNESSES:

Monday, May 3, 2010

As an individual:

Brigadier-General (Retired) Serge Labbé, Deputy to NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR), HQ ISAF, Kabul, Afghanistan (by video conference).

National Defence:

Colonel Gregory D. Burt, Director of Future Security Analysis.

North American Aerospace Defence Command:

General Victor E. Renuart, USAF, Commander, NORAD and United States Northern Command.

Monday, May 10, 2010

National Defence:

Colonel Jean-Marc Lanthier, Commander 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, (Former Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force Haiti);

Major-General Mike Ward, Deputy Commander, NATO training Mission-Afghanistan, Joint Task Force Afghanistan, International and Security and Assistance Force HQ.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Chair

The Honourable Roméo Antonius Dallaire, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Banks, *Cowan (or Tardif), Day, Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Manning, Meighen, Nolin, Pépin

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Segal (May 5, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Day replaced the Honourable Senator Mercer (May 4, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (May 4, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Segal replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (May 3, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Mercer replaced the Honourable Senator Day (May 3, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Banks (April 28, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (April 28, 2010).