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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16

Chair: The Honourable DANIEL LANG

Monday, April 11, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016
Monday, May 2, 2016
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Issue No. 3

Fifth, sixth and seventh meetings:

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

Third, fourth and fifth meetings:

Study on security threats facing Canada, including but not limited to: (a) Cyber espionage; (b) Threats to critical infrastructure; (c) Terrorist recruitment and financing; (d) Terrorist operations and prosecutions

First meeting:

Subject matter of those elements contained in Division 2 of Part 4 of Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2016 and other measures

INCLUDING:
THE SECOND REPORTOF THE COMMITTEE
(Special study budget — Study on Security threats facing Canada)

WITNESSES:

Monday, April 11, 2016

Canada Revenue Agency:

Alastair Bland, Director, Review and Analysis Division, Charities Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch;

Cathy Hawara, Director General, Charities Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch.

Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre:

Christian Rousseau, Executive Director.

As an individual:

Paul Stockton, Managing Director, Sonecon LLC.

Monday, April 18, 2016

Canadian Space Agency:

Sylvain Laporte, President;

Manon Larocque, Acting Director General, Policy.

Public Safety Canada:

Lori MacDonald, Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and Programs Branch;

Dominik Breton, Director, National Search and Rescue Secretariat.

Canadian Coast Guard:

Gregory Lick, Director General, Operations;

Peter Garapick, Superintendent Search and Rescue, Central and Arctic Region.

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces:

Rear-Admiral Peter Ellis, Deputy Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command.

EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security:

Peter Vincent Pry, Executive Director;

Cynthia Ayers, Deputy Director.

Foundation for Resilient Societies:

Thomas S. Popik, Chairman (by video conference).

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Daniel Lang, Chair

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Beyak, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Kenny, Manning, Mitchell, Ngo, White

*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 Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (May 4, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (March 22, 2016).

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