The Senate Committee on National Security and Defence undertakes it work through:
- Hearings for which transcripts of the testimony are available, and
- Fact-finding visits to military bases, security establishments and other installations.
- Town hall Meetings
Transcripts: (verbatim report of what took place at a meeting)
Copies of the unrevised floor transcript for each meeting are usually available within 24 hours. If you wish to receive a copy of this document, please
send an e-mail message and a copy will be sent to you by electronic mail. Please note that this transcript is only available in the language actually used in the meeting. The fully translated and edited copy of the transcript is usually posted on the
committee's website in 3 weeks. If you wish to cite an unrevised transcript, please obtain the consent of the person who spoke.
Issues: (printed edited verbatim report of what took place at a meeting)
A committee's issues are the printed edited transcripts in both English and French of the testimony received by the committee. While separate issues are often prepared for each meeting of a committee, at times a number of meetings may be contained in one issue. The issues are numbered consecutively. As each page in an issue contains the issue number as well as a page number, citations are usually given as 15:21,
meaning, issue #15 page 21.
In the previous session (February 2, 2004 - May 23, 2004) the committee issued the following transcripts and reports of fact-finding visits.
Canada's national security policy
- Issue 28, November 21, 2005 (in camera)
- Issue 27, October 31, November 2, 2005 (in camera)
- Issue 26, September 14 (in camera), September 15 (in camera), October 17, and October 24, 2005 (in camera)
- Issue 25, June 27, 2005
- Issue 24, June 20 (in camera), June 21 (in camera) and June 22, 2005 (in camera)
- Issue 23, June 6 and June 13, 2005
- Issue 22, May 30, June 1 and June 2, 2005
- Issue 21, May 5 and May 6, 2005
- Issue 20, May 2, 2005
- Issue 19, March 21 and April 11, 2005
- Issue 18, March 9 and March 10, 2005
- Issue 17, March 8, 2005
- Issue 16, March 7, 2005
- Issue 15, March 1, 2005
- Issue 14, February 28, 2005
- Issue 13, February 21, 2005
- Issue 12, February 14 and February 15, 2005
- Issue 11, February 7 and February 9, 2005
- Issue 10, February 2 and February 3, 2005
- Issue 9, January 31 and February 1, 2005
- Issue 8, December 13, 2004
- Issue 7, December 6, 2004
- Issue 6, December 2, 2004
- Issue 5, December 1, 2004
- Issue 4, November 29, 2004
- Issue 3, November 15 and November 22, 2004
- Issue 2, November 1, 2004
- Issue 1, October 18, October 25 and October 27, 2004
Bill C-26, An Act to establish the Canada Border Services Agency
- Issue 27, October 31, November 2, 2005 (in camera)
- Issue 26, September 14 (in camera), September 15 (in camera), October 17, and October 24, 2005 (in camera)
Bill C-6, An Act to Establish the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Organization meeting
The program of activities in both English and French of each fact-finding visit is available on this website. These programs provide details of the Senators participating in each visit, the nature of the visit, the persons who met the committee as well as the subjects covered during the presentations.
2. May 16-18, 2005 (See 13th report of Committee)
3. May 6-12, 2005 (See 11th report of Committee)
5. April 14-21, 2005 (See 10th report of Committee)
7. February 27 - March 2, 2005
1. Ottawa, June 13, 2005 (See Issue 23)
2. Halifax, May 5, 2005 (See Issue 21)
3. Winnipeg, March 10, 2005 (See Issue 18)
4. Regina, March 9, 2005 (See Issue 18)
5. Calgary, March 8, 2005 (See Issue 17)
6. Edmonton, March 7, 2005 (See Issue 16)
7. Vancouver, March 1, 2005 (See Issue 15)8. Victoria, February 28, 2005 (See Issue 14)
9. St. John’s, February 2, 2005 (See Issue 10)
10. Saint John, January 31, 2005 (See Issue 9)
11. Kingston, November 29, 2004 (See Issue 4)
Fact-finding visits From the 37th Parliament, 3rd Session (February 2, 2004 - May 23, 2004)