Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12

Chair: The Honourable PAMELA WALLIN

Monday, April 30, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012

Issue No. 6

Tenth and eleventh meetings on:

Canada's national security and defence policies, practices, circumstances and capabilities

Second meeting on:

Status of, and lessons learned, during Canadian Forces operations in Afghanistan

APPEARING

Monday, April 30, 2012

The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., M.P., Minister of National Defence

WITNESSES

Monday, April 30, 2012

National Defence:

General Walt Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff.

Vice-Admiral Bruce Donaldson, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff;

Jill Sinclair, Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy);

Major-General Jonathan Vance, Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff;

Rear-Admiral Ron Lloyd, Chief of Force Development;

Chief Petty Officer 1rst Class Robert Cléroux, Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer.

Monday, May 7, 2012

As individuals:

Stephen Flanagan, Kissinger Chair in Diplomacy and National Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies (by video conference).

Jim Robbins, President, EWA-Canada.

Dave McMahon, Cyber Security and Defence Expert.

Rafal Rohozinski, Chief Executive Officer, SecDev Group.

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), Manning, Nolin, Peterson, Plett

*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 Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (May 10, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (May 9, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Dallaire replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (May 8, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (May 8, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Dallaire (May 7, 2012).

National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs