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National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs
- 44th Parliament
- 1st Session (November 22, 2021 - January 6, 2025)
- 43rd Parliament
- 2nd Session (September 23, 2020 - August 15, 2021)
- 1st Session (December 5, 2019 - August 18, 2020)
- 42nd Parliament
- 1st Session (December 3, 2015 - September 11, 2019)
- 41st Parliament
- 2nd Session (October 16, 2013 - August 2, 2015)
- 1st Session (June 2, 2011 - September 13, 2013)
- 40th Parliament
- 3rd Session (March 3, 2010 - March 26, 2011)
- 2nd Session (January 26, 2009 - December 30, 2009)
- 1st Session (November 18, 2008 - December 4, 2008)
- 39th Parliament
- 2nd Session (October 16, 2007 - September 7, 2008)
- 1st Session (April 3, 2006 - September 14, 2007)
- 38th Parliament
- 1st Session (October 4, 2004 - November 28, 2005)
- 37th Parliament
- 3rd Session (February 2, 2004 - May 23, 2004)
- 2nd Session (September 30, 2002 - November 12, 2003)
- 1st Session (January 29, 2001 - September 16, 2002)
- 36th Parliament
- 2nd Session (October 12, 1999 - October 22, 2000)
- 1st Session (September 22, 1997 - September 18, 1999)
- 35th Parliament
- 2nd Session (February 27, 1996 - April 27, 1997)
- 1st Session (January 17, 1994 - February 2, 1996)
SECD Committee members
The following are ex officio members of all committees except for the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators, the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight, the joint committees and subcommittees.
- The Leader or Representative of the Government, the Leader of the Opposition, and the leaders or facilitators of the three recognized parties or recognized parliamentary groups with the most members, other than, if applicable, the recognized parties or recognized parliamentary groups to which either the Leader or Representative of the Government, or the Leader of the Opposition belongs.
- For the purposes of this provision, in case of absence, the Leader or Representative of the Government is replaced by the Deputy Leader or Legislative Deputy of the Government, the Leader of the Opposition is replaced by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and the leader or facilitator of any other recognized party or recognized parliamentary group is replaced by that senator’s deputy leader or deputy facilitator.
- Only the Leader or Representative of the Government, and the Leader of the Opposition, or, in their absence, their respective deputies, have the right to vote.
National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs (SECD)
44th Parliament, 1st SessionClerk: Ericka Paajanen
Members at the end of the session
Honourable Senators: Anderson, Boehm, Cardozo, Carignan, P.C., Dagenais (Deputy Chair), *Dalphond (or White), Dasko, Deacon (Ontario), *Gold, P.C. (or LaBoucane-Benson), Kutcher, McNair, Patterson, *Plett (or Martin), Richards, *Saint-Germain (or Clement), *Tannas (or Patterson), Yussuff (Chair)
Original members
Honourable Senators: Anderson, Boehm, Boisvenu, *Cordy (or Dalphond), Dagenais, Dasko, Deacon (Ontario), Dean, *Gold, P.C. (or LaBoucane-Benson), Jaffer, Martin, Mercer, *Plett (or Martin), Richards, *Tannas (or Griffin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain), Yussuff
Committee membership changes
Date | Senator | Modification |
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January 6, 2025 | Anderson |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Boehm |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Cardozo |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Carignan, P.C. |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Dagenais |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Dasko |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Deacon (Ontario) |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Kutcher |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | McNair |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Patterson |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Richards |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 6, 2025 | Yussuff |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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December 2, 2024 | Carignan, P.C. |
FOR Batters
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November 28, 2024 | Batters |
FOR Carignan, P.C.
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November 26, 2024 | Carignan, P.C. |
FOR Batters
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November 19, 2024 | Batters |
FOR Carignan, P.C.
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November 5, 2024 | McNair |
ADDED
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November 5, 2024 | Kutcher |
FOR McNair
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November 5, 2024 | Dean |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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November 4, 2024 | Cardozo |
FOR Fridhandler
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October 31, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Kutcher
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October 28, 2024 | Fridhandler |
FOR Cardozo
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October 22, 2024 | Dasko |
FOR Omidvar
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October 16, 2024 | Omidvar |
FOR Dasko
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October 8, 2024 | Anderson |
FOR Dalphond
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October 7, 2024 | Kutcher |
FOR McNair
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October 7, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Kutcher
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October 7, 2024 | Dalphond |
FOR Anderson
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October 2, 2024 | Anderson |
FOR Klyne
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October 1, 2024 | Klyne |
FOR Anderson
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September 24, 2024 | Anderson |
FOR Dalphond
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September 24, 2024 | Dasko |
FOR Omidvar
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September 24, 2024 | Kutcher |
FOR McNair
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September 23, 2024 | Dalphond |
FOR Anderson
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September 23, 2024 | Omidvar |
FOR Dasko
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September 19, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Kutcher
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June 27, 2024 | Kutcher |
FOR McNair
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June 14, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Kutcher
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June 13, 2024 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Woo
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June 13, 2024 | Woo |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
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June 13, 2024 | Dasko |
FOR Woo
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June 11, 2024 | Woo |
FOR Dasko
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June 4, 2024 | Anderson |
FOR Dalphond
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June 4, 2024 | Kutcher |
FOR McNair
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June 3, 2024 | Dalphond |
FOR Anderson
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June 3, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Kutcher
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May 30, 2024 | Richards |
ADDED
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May 30, 2024 | Oh |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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May 30, 2024 | Oh |
FOR Richards
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May 29, 2024 | Yussuff |
FOR Varone
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May 29, 2024 | Richards |
FOR Oh
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May 29, 2024 | Varone |
FOR Yussuff
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May 28, 2024 | Anderson |
FOR White
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May 28, 2024 | Dasko |
FOR Pate
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May 27, 2024 | White |
FOR Anderson
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May 23, 2024 | Pate |
FOR Dasko
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May 8, 2024 | Yussuff |
FOR Varone
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May 7, 2024 | Varone |
FOR Yussuff
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April 30, 2024 | Kutcher |
FOR Loffreda
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April 30, 2024 | Yussuff |
FOR McNair
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April 29, 2024 | Loffreda |
FOR Kutcher
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April 25, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Yussuff
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April 16, 2024 | Kutcher |
FOR McNair
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April 16, 2024 | Anderson |
FOR White
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April 15, 2024 | White |
FOR Anderson
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April 12, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Kutcher
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April 9, 2024 | Kutcher |
FOR Loffreda
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April 4, 2024 | Loffreda |
FOR Kutcher
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March 21, 2024 | Yussuff |
FOR McNair
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March 19, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Yussuff
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February 27, 2024 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR McNair
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February 23, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
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February 14, 2024 | Yussuff |
FOR McNair
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February 13, 2024 | McNair |
FOR Yussuff
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February 6, 2024 | Carignan, P.C. |
ADDED
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February 6, 2024 | Boisvenu |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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January 9, 2024 | Patterson |
ADDED
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January 9, 2024 | Richards |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
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December 5, 2023 | Anderson |
FOR Harder, P.C.
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December 5, 2023 | Boisvenu |
FOR Carignan, P.C.
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November 30, 2023 | Oh |
FOR Boisvenu
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November 28, 2023 | Kutcher |
FOR Coyle
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November 28, 2023 | Harder, P.C. |
FOR Anderson
|
November 23, 2023 | Coyle |
FOR Kutcher
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November 21, 2023 | Kutcher |
FOR Miville-Dechêne
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November 20, 2023 | Miville-Dechêne |
FOR Kutcher
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November 20, 2023 | Carignan, P.C. |
FOR Oh
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November 8, 2023 | Anderson |
FOR Gerba
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November 6, 2023 | Gerba |
FOR Anderson
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November 2, 2023 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Pate
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November 2, 2023 | Yussuff |
FOR Saint-Germain
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November 2, 2023 | Oh |
FOR Carignan, P.C.
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November 2, 2023 | Pate |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
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November 1, 2023 | Saint-Germain |
FOR Pate
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November 1, 2023 | Richards |
FOR Patterson
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November 1, 2023 | Carignan, P.C. |
FOR Oh
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November 1, 2023 | Pate |
FOR Yussuff
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October 31, 2023 | Patterson |
FOR Richards
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October 30, 2023 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Miville-Dechêne
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October 30, 2023 | Kutcher |
FOR Pate
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October 30, 2023 | Pate |
FOR Kutcher
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October 30, 2023 | Miville-Dechêne |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
|
October 25, 2023 | Anderson |
FOR Gerba
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October 25, 2023 | Gerba |
FOR Anderson
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October 4, 2023 | Anderson |
FOR Cordy
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October 4, 2023 | Richards |
FOR Patterson
|
October 4, 2023 | Patterson |
FOR Richards
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October 4, 2023 | Cordy |
FOR Anderson
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October 4, 2023 | Cardozo |
FOR Cordy
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October 3, 2023 | Cordy |
FOR Cardozo
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September 27, 2023 | Kutcher |
ADDED
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September 26, 2023 | Woo |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
|
September 26, 2023 | Cardozo |
FOR Gignac
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September 25, 2023 | Gignac |
FOR Cardozo
|
September 22, 2023 | Woo |
ADDED
|
August 22, 2023 | Cardozo |
ADDED
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August 22, 2023 | Gignac |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
|
June 15, 2023 | Gignac |
FOR Cardozo
|
June 12, 2023 | Boisvenu |
FOR Wells (Newfoundland and Labrador)
|
June 12, 2023 | Wells (Newfoundland and Labrador) |
FOR Boisvenu
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June 6, 2023 | Boehm |
FOR Ravalia
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June 2, 2023 | Ravalia |
FOR Boehm
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May 30, 2023 | Cardozo |
FOR Gignac
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May 17, 2023 | Dagenais |
FOR Patterson
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May 16, 2023 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Ravalia
|
May 15, 2023 | Ravalia |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
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May 15, 2023 | Patterson |
FOR Dagenais
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May 9, 2023 | Gignac |
FOR Cardozo
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May 8, 2023 | Cardozo |
FOR Gignac
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May 2, 2023 | Yussuff |
FOR Kutcher
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May 2, 2023 | Gignac |
FOR Cardozo
|
May 1, 2023 | Kutcher |
FOR Yussuff
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May 1, 2023 | Cardozo |
FOR Gignac
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April 25, 2023 | Anderson |
FOR Cardozo
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April 24, 2023 | Cardozo |
FOR Anderson
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March 28, 2023 | Anderson |
FOR Cardozo
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March 27, 2023 | Cardozo |
FOR Anderson
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March 21, 2023 | Gignac |
FOR Cardozo
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March 20, 2023 | Cardozo |
FOR Gignac
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February 8, 2023 | Jaffer |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
|
January 31, 2023 | Anderson |
FOR Klyne
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January 31, 2023 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Ravalia
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January 30, 2023 | Ravalia |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
|
January 26, 2023 | Klyne |
FOR Anderson
|
December 6, 2022 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Duncan
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December 5, 2022 | Duncan |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
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November 22, 2022 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Duncan
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November 22, 2022 | Dagenais |
FOR Smith
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November 18, 2022 | Duncan |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
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November 18, 2022 | Smith |
FOR Dagenais
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November 15, 2022 | Yussuff |
FOR Sorensen
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November 14, 2022 | Sorensen |
FOR Yussuff
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November 11, 2022 | Anderson |
FOR Klyne
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November 9, 2022 | Klyne |
FOR Anderson
|
November 2, 2022 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Duncan
|
November 1, 2022 | Duncan |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
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October 25, 2022 | Gignac |
FOR Audette
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October 24, 2022 | Audette |
FOR Gignac
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October 18, 2022 | Dagenais |
FOR Smith
|
October 17, 2022 | Jaffer |
FOR Duncan
|
October 13, 2022 | Smith |
FOR Dagenais
|
October 4, 2022 | Oh |
FOR Plett
|
September 29, 2022 | Duncan |
FOR Jaffer
|
September 8, 2022 | Gignac |
ADDED
|
September 8, 2022 | Dalphond |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
|
August 4, 2022 | Plett |
ADDED
|
August 4, 2022 | Smith |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
|
June 20, 2022 | Anderson |
FOR Gignac
|
June 20, 2022 | Gignac |
FOR Anderson
|
June 14, 2022 | Smith |
FOR Wells (Newfoundland and Labrador)
|
June 13, 2022 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Boniface
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June 13, 2022 | Boniface |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
|
June 8, 2022 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Boniface
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June 7, 2022 | Boniface |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
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June 1, 2022 | Dasko |
FOR Simons
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June 1, 2022 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Boniface
|
June 1, 2022 | Boisvenu |
FOR Mockler
|
June 1, 2022 | Mockler |
FOR Boisvenu
|
May 31, 2022 | Boisvenu |
FOR Smith
|
May 31, 2022 | Simons |
FOR Dasko
|
May 30, 2022 | Boniface |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
|
May 27, 2022 | Smith |
FOR Boisvenu
|
May 26, 2022 | Wells (Newfoundland and Labrador) |
FOR Smith
|
May 16, 2022 | Dalphond |
ADDED
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May 16, 2022 | Cordy |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
|
May 6, 2022 | Cordy |
ADDED
|
May 5, 2022 | Mercer |
RETIRED
|
April 28, 2022 | Deacon (Ontario) |
FOR Boniface
|
April 25, 2022 | Boniface |
FOR Deacon (Ontario)
|
April 5, 2022 | Martin |
SUBSTITUTION PENDING
|
April 5, 2022 | Smith |
ADDED
|
April 5, 2022 | Boehm |
FOR Boniface
|
April 1, 2022 | Boniface |
FOR Boehm
|
March 22, 2022 | Martin |
FOR Oh
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March 22, 2022 | Boehm |
FOR Ravalia
|
March 21, 2022 | Anderson |
FOR Klyne
|
March 21, 2022 | Klyne |
FOR Anderson
|
March 18, 2022 | Oh |
FOR Martin
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March 16, 2022 | Ravalia |
FOR Boehm
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