Past Session:

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12

Chair: The Honourable PAMELA WALLIN

Monday, May 14, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012

Issue No. 7

First and second meetings on:

Examination of the subject matter of those elements contained in Division 12 of Part 4, of Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures

Third meeting on:

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

APPEARING

Monday, May 28, 2012

The Honourable Vic Toews, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety

WITNESSES

Monday, May 14, 2012

Public Safety:

Richard Wex, Assistant Deputy Minister, Law Enforcement and Policing;

Stephen Bolton, Director, Border Law Enforcement Strategies Division.

Department of Justice Canada:

Michael Zigayer, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;

Sophie Beecher, Counsel, Legal Services.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

Mike Cabana, Deputy Commissioner, Federal Policing;

Chief Superintendent Joseph Oliver, Director General, Border and Integrity.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Public Safety Canada:

Richard Wex, Assistant Deputy Minister, Law Enforcement and Policing;

Marc Taschereau, Chief, Border Strategies, Border Law Enforcement Strategies Division.

As an individual:

Bill Anderson, Ph.D., Ontario Research Chair in Cross-Border Transportation Policy, Professor, Political Science, University of Windsor.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Chair

The Honourable Roméo Antonius Dallaire, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Cowan (or Tardif), Dawson, Hubley, Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Manning, Marshall, Mitchell, 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 Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (May 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Day (May 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (May 16, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (May 15, 2012).

National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs