Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19
Chair: The Honourable GWEN BONIFACE
Monday, April 8, 2019
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Issue No. 40
Seventh (final) meeting:
Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms
First meeting:
Bill C-59, An Act respecting national security matters
INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(BILL C-71)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 8, 2019
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 10, 2019
- Twenty-first Report of the Committee
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 8, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 10, 2019
APPEARING
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
WITNESSES
Monday, April 8, 2019
Public Safety Canada:
Randall Koops, Director General, Policing Policy.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
Robert Mackinnon, Director, Firearms Business Improvement Directorate.
Department of Justice Canada:
Alexandra Budgell, Team Leader and Senior Counsel;
Paula Clarke, Counsel.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Public Safety Canada:
Malcolm Brown, Deputy Minister;
Elisabeth Eid, Assistant Deputy Minister, Defence and Immigration Portfolio.
Canadian Security Intelligence Service:
David Vigneault, Director.
Communications Security Establishment:
Shelly Bruce, Chief.
Department of Justice Canada:
Doug Breithaupt, Director and General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Gwen Boniface, Chair
The Honourable Jean-Guy Dagenais, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Mobina S.B. Jaffer, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Boisvenu, *Day (or Mercer), Gold, Griffin, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), McIntyre, McPhedran, Mercer, Oh, Pratte, Richards, *Smith (or Martin), Stewart Olsen, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (April 9, 2019).
The Honourable Senator McPhedran replaced the Honourable Senator Busson (April 9, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (April 9, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Busson replaced the Honourable Senator McPhedran (April 8, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (April 5, 2019).