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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001-02

Chair: The Honourable COLIN KENNY

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Monday, January 28, 2002

Issue No. 10

Fourteenth and fifteenth meetings on: An introductory survey of the major security and defence issues facing Canada with a view to preparing a detailed work plan for future comprehensive studies

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Afternoon (169K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Evening (157K)

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WITNESSES:

Afternoon Meeting

From the Department of Foreign Affairs:

Jon Allen, Director General, North America Bureau;

Kevin O'Shea, Director, U.S. General Relations Division;

Bruce Levy, Director, U.S. Transboundary Division;

Jill Sinclair, Director General, International Security Bureau.

From the Department of National Defence:

Lieutenant-General George Macdonald, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff;

Major-General H. Cameron Ross, Director General, International Security Policy.

Evening Meeting

From the Department of Foreign Affairs:

Jon Allen, Director General, North America Bureau.

From the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency:

Greg Goatbe, Director General, Program Strategy Directorate.

From Transport Canada:

Christine Nymark, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister.

From the Department of Citizenship and Immigration:

Joan Atkinson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Program Development.

From the Solicitor General Canada:

Paul Kennedy, Senior Assistant Deputy Solicitor General.

From the Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

William Lenton, Assistant Commissioner.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Colin Kenny, Chair

The Honourable J. Michael Forrestall, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Atkins Banks *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cordy, Day, LaPierre, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Meighen, Wiebe

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 3)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Atkins substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Nolin (January 22, 2002).

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