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 27, 2019
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Issue No. 44
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
Second and third (final) meetings:
Bill C-77, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Sexual Harassment and Violence in the Canadian Armed Forces)
THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-77, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts)
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 27, 2019
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 28, 2019
- Twenty-third Report of the Committee
- Twenty-fourth Report of the Committee
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 27, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 28, 2019
APPEARING
Monday, May 27, 2019
The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, P.C., M.P., Minister of National Defence.
WITNESSES
Monday, May 27, 2019
As individuals:
Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College of Canada (by video conference);
Lieutnant-Colonel (Ret'd) Jean-Guy Perron;
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret'd) Rory Fowler.
Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces:
Commodore Geneviève Bernatchez, Judge Advocate General;
Lieutenant-General Charles Lamarre, Commander, Military Personnel Command;
Lieutenant-Colonel Geneviève Lortie, Director of Law, Military Justice - Policy;
Colonel Stephen Strickey, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Military Justice;
Commodore Rebecca Patterson, Director General, Canadian Armed Forces Strategic Response Team - Sexual Misconduct;
Denise Preston, Executive Director, Sexual Misconduct Response Centre.
It's Just 700:
Marie-Claude Gagnon, Founder.
As individuals:
Sergeant (Ret'd) Jessica B. Miller;
Diane Crocker, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology (by video conference), Saint Mary's University.
Canadian Bar Association:
Eric Charland, Member, Military Law Section (by video conference).
As individuals:
Lindsay L. Rodman, Marine Corps and Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran (by video conference);
Major Carly Arkell, Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces:
Colonel Stephen Strickey, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Military Justice;
Major Karl Lacharité, Special Advisor, Office of the Judge Advocate General;
Lieutenant-Colonel Geneviève Lortie, Director of Law, Military Justice, Policy.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Gwen Boniface, Chair
The Honourable Jean-Guy Dagenais, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Boisvenu, *Day (or Mercer), Gold, Griffin, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), McInnis, McPhedran, Mercer, Mitchell, Oh, 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 Griffin replaced the Honourable Senator Dasko (May 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Dasko replaced the Honourable Senator Griffin (May 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Ngo replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (May 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Mercer was added to the membership (May 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Jaffer was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (May 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Ngo (May 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Ngo replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator Busson (May 27, 2019).