Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable DANIEL LANG
Monday, June 12, 2017
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Issue No. 16
Third, fourth and fifth (final) meetings:
Bill C-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts
INCLUDING:
THE THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts)
WITNESSES
Monday, June 12, 2017
As individuals:
The Honourable Tony Clement, P.C., M.P., Official Opposition critic to the bill;
Derek Lee, former Member of Parliament;
Craig Forcese, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa;
Kent Roach, Professor, Prichard-Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP:
Ian McPhail, Chair;
Richard Evans, Senior Director, Operations.
Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner:
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Plouffe, Commissioner;
J. William Galbraith, Executive Director.
Security Intelligence Review Committee:
Michael Doucet, Executive Director;
Darryl Sitka, Research Director.
As individuals:
Craig Scott, Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School (by video conference);
Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College of Canada;
Hayley McNorton, Research Assistant, Queen's University.
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group:
Tim McSorley, National Coordinator.
As an individual:
Ryan Alford, Assistant Professor, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University (by video conference).
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
The Senate of Canada:
Charles Robert, Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments;
Michel Patrice, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel.
As individuals:
The Right Honourable Sir Malcolm Rifkind, KCMG, P.C., former Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (UK) (by video conference);
Anil Kapoor, Barrister, Kapoor Barristers (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Daniel Lang, Chair
The Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Beyak, Boisvenu, Boniface, Dagenais, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Hartling, Kenny, Lankin, P.C., Moncion, Saint-Germain, *Smith (or Martin), White
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Hartling replaced the Honourable Senator McPhedran (June 14, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (June 13, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (June 12, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Boniface replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (June 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (June 7, 2017).