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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13

Chair: The Honourable PAMELA WALLIN

Monday, March 4, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013

Issue No. 13

Twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second meetings on:

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

Second and third meeting on:

Study on harassment in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

INCLUDING:
THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(A Study on the New Veterans Charter)

WITNESSES

Monday, March 4, 2013

Center for Strategic and International Studies:

James Andrew Lewis, Senior Fellow, Director of the Technology and Public Policy Program (by video conference).

RCMP External Review Committee:

Catherine Ebbs, Chair;

David Paradiso, Executive Director and Senior Counsel.

Monday, March 18, 2013

National Defence:

General Thomas Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

Craig Callens, Deputy Commissioner, Commanding Officer ``E'' Division (by videoconference);

Inspector Carol Bradley, Team Leader ``E'' Division, Respectful Workplace Program (by video conference);

Simmie Smith, Project Leader, Division Diversity Strategist, RCMP Pacific Region Headquarters, ``E'' Division (by video conference)

Sharon Woodburn, Assistant Commissioner, Director General of Workforce Programs and Services;

Dennis Watters, Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive;

Daniel Dubeau, Deputy Commissioner, Chief Human Resources Officer;

Roger Brown, Assistant Commissioner, Commanding Officer ``Depot'' Division (by video conference);

Christine Hudy, Training Programs Evaluation and Support Curriculum Development, ``Depot'' Division (by videoconference);

Matthew Venneri, Acting Director, National Performance Programs, Learning and Development;

Sergeant Richard Davis, Workplace Relations Services Directorate;

Superintendent Michael O'Rielly, Director, Legislative Reform Initiative.

Monday, March 25, 2013

National Defence:

Lieutenant-General Yvan Blondin, Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force;

Major-General Richard D. Foster, Deputy Commander (Continental), Canadian Joint Operations Command.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Chair

The Honourable Roméo Antonius Dallaire, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Cowan (or Tardif), Day, Demers, Johnson, Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Manning, Mitchell, Munson

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (March 25, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (March 25, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (March 20, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Day replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (March 18, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (March 18, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (March 18, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (March 7, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (March 7, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (March 6, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Day (March 6, 2013).

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