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, May 6, 2019
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 (in camera)
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Issue No. 42
Fourth and fifth meetings:
Bill C-59, An Act respecting national security matters
and
First (final) meeting:
Study on the services and benefits provided to members of the Canadian Forces; to veterans; to members and former members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their families
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 6, 2019
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 8, 2019
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 9, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 6, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 9, 2019
WITNESSES
Monday, May 6, 2019
As an individual:
Jonatan Cotler, Israeli Intelligence Consultant.
Australia Strategic Policy Institute:
Isaac Kfir, Director, National Security Program and Head, Counter-terrorism Policy Centre (by video conference).
As an individual:
Richard Fadden, Former National Security Advisor and Director of CSIS.
Ligue des droits et libertés:
Alexandra Bahary, Lawyer, National Security;
Denis Barrette, Lawyer, National Security.
As an individual:
Mark Freiman, Former Lead Commission Counsel for the Air India Inquiry.
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group:
Tim McSorley, National Coordinator.
Amnesty International Canada:
Alex Neve, Secretary General;
Justin Mohammed, Campaigner, Human Rights Law and Policy.
No Fly List Kids:
Dr. Ruby Alvi, Parent and Assistant Professor, University of Toronto;
Jeff Matthews, Parent and Canadian Armed Forces Veteran;
Khalid Elgazzar, Counsel.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims:
Mustafa Farooq, Executive Director;
Leila Nasr, Communications Coordinator.
Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association:
Yavar Hameed.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Public Safety Canada:
John Davies, Director General, National Security Policy.
Canadian Security Intelligence Service:
Tricia Geddes, Assistant Director, Policy and Strategic Partnerships.
Communications Security Establishment:
Scott Millar, Deputy Chief, Policy and Communications.
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:
Boehm, Boisvenu, *Day (or Mercer), Gold, Griffin, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), McIntyre, McPhedran, Oh, Plett, Pratte, Richards *Smith (or Martin), *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 Boehm replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (May 9, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Gold replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (May 3, 2019).