Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12
Chair: The Honourable PAMELA WALLIN
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Issue No. 5
First meeting on:
Status of, and lessons learned, during Canadian
Forces operations in Afghanistan
and
First meeting on:
The state of Canada's defence and security
relationships with the United States
and
Ninth meeting on:
Canada's national security and defence policies,
practices, circumstances and capabilities
INCLUDING:
THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget 2012-13 — Special study on Canada's defence and security relationships
with the United States)
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget 2012-13 — Special study on services and benefits provided to veterans
and their families)
- Minutes of Proceedings - March 26, 2012
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 23, 2012
- Fifth Report
- Sixth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 26, 2012 (93K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 23, 2012 (156K)
WITNESSES
Monday, March 26, 2012
As an individual:
Jack Granatstein, Historian, Senior Research Fellow, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.
As individuals:
Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow, Defence Budget Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (by video conference).
Nora Bensahel, Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security (by video conference).
Monday, April 23, 2012
National Defence:
Lieutenant-General Walter Semianiw, Commander, Canada Command.
Lieutenant-General Stuart Beare, Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command.
As individuals:
Paul Chapin, Director of Research, Conference of Defence Associations Institute.
Colonel George Petrolekas, Telecommunications Executive.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Chair
The Honourable Roméo Antonius Dallaire, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Cowan (or Tardif), Dawson, Day, Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Nolin, Plett, Robichaud, P.C., Stewart Olsen
*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 Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (April 23, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (April 19, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (March 27, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Dallaire replaced the Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C. (March 26, 2012).