Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001-02

Monday, May 6, 2002

Issue No. 14

Second and third meetings on:

Examination on the need for a national security policy for Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Sixth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (morning meeting) (136K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (afternoon meeting) (132K)

WITNESSES:

Morning sitting:

From the Department of National Defence:

Vice-Admiral Greg Maddison, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff;

Colonel André Deschamps, Director, Continental Operations;

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

Colonel Richard Williams, Director Western Hemisphere Policy.

Afternoon sitting:

From the Toronto Police Service:

Chief Julian Fantino.

From the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency:

Robert Wright, Commissioner;

Denis Lefebvre, Assistant Commissioner, Customs Branch.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Colin Kenny, Chair

The Honourable J. Michael Forrestall, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

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

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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 Baker substituted for that of the Honourable Senator LaPierre (May 3, 2002).