Canada's Coastlines:
The Longest Under-Defended Borders in the World
BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
| The Honourable NORMAN K. ATKINS, Senator |
Senator Atkins was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. His family is from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, where he has spent a great deal of time over the years. He is a graduate of the Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario, and of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, where he studied economics and completed a Bachelor of Arts programme in 1957.
(Senator
Atkins subsequently received an Honourary Doctorate in Civil Law in 2000, from
Acadia University, his old “alma mater”.)
A
former President of Camp Associates Advertising Limited, a well-known
Toronto-based agency, Senator Atkins has also played an active role within the
industry, serving, for instance, as a Director of the Institute of Canadian
Advertising in the early 1980’s.
Over
the years, Senator Atkins has had a long and successful career in the field of
communications – as an organizer or participant in a number of important
causes and events.
For instance, and to name only a few of his many contributions, Senator
Atkins has given of his time and energy to Diabetes Canada, the Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation, the Dellcrest Children’s Centre, the Federated Health
Campaign in Ontario, the Healthpartners Campaign in the Federal Public Service
as well as the Chairperson of Camp Trillium-Rainbow Lake Fundraising Campaign.
Senator
Atkins was also involved with the Institute for Political Involvement and the
Albany Club of Toronto.
(It was during his tenure as President in the early 1980’s that the
Albany Club, a prestigious Toronto private club, and one of the oldest such
clubs across the country, opened its membership to women.)
Senator
Atkins has a long personal history of political involvement.
In particular, and throughout most of the last 50 years or so, he has
been very active within the Progressive Conservative Party – at both the
national and the provincial levels.
Namely, Senator Atkins has held senior organizational responsibility in a
number of election campaigns and he has served as an advisor to both the Rt.
Hon. Brian Mulroney and the Rt. Hon. Robert L. Stanfield, as well as the Hon.
William G. Davis.
Norman
K. Atkins was appointed to the Senate of Canada on June 29, 1986.
In the years since, he has proven to be an active, interested, and
informed Senator.
In particular, he has concerned himself with a number of education and
poverty issues.
As well, he has championed the cause of Canadian merchant navy veterans,
seeking for them a more equitable recognition of their wartime service. Senator
Atkins served in the United States military from September 1957 to August 1959.
Currently,
Senator Atkins is the Chair of the Progressive Conservative Senate Caucus,
Deputy Chair of Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration, as well as a
member of both the National Security and Defence Committee and the Veterans
Affairs Subcommittee. He is also
the Honourary Chair of the Dalton K. Camp Endowment in Journalism at
Saint-Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick and Member of the Advisory
Council, Acadia University School of Business.
| The Honourable TOMMY BANKS, Senator |
Tommy Banks is known to many Canadians as an accomplished and versatile musician and entertainer. He is a recipient of the Juno Award, the Gemini Award and the Grand Prix du Disque.
From 1968 to 1983 he was the host of The Tommy Banks Show on television. He has provided musical direction for the ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games, the World University Games, Expo ’86, the XV Olympic Winter Games, various command performances and has performed as guest conductor of symphony orchestras throughout Canada, the United States, and in Europe.
He was founding chairman off the Alberta Foundation for the Performing Arts. He is the recipient of an Honourary Diploma of Music from Grant MacEwen College, and Honourary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta, and of the Sir Frederick Haultain Prize. He is an officer of the Order of Canada, and a Member of the Alberta Order of Excellence.
Tommy Banks was called to the Senate of Canada on 7 April 2000. On 9 May 2001, Senator Tommy Banks was appointed Vice-Chair of the Prime Minister's Caucus Task Force on Urban issues.
He is currently a member of the Committee on National Security and Defence, Chair of the Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, and chair of the Alberta Liberal Caucus in the Parliament of Canada.
A Calgary-born lifelong Albertan, he moved to Edmonton in 1949 where he resides with Ida, as do their grown children and their families.
| The
Honourable Jane Cordy, Senator |
An accomplished educator, Jane Cordy also has an extensive record of community involvement.
Senator
Cordy earned a Teaching Certificate from the Nova Scotia Teachers's College and
a Bachelor of Education from Mount Saint Vincent University.
In
1970, she began her teaching career, which has included stints with the Sydney
School Board, the Halifax County School Board, the New Glasgow School Board, and
the Halifax Regional School Board.
Senator
Cordy has also served as Vice-Chair of the Halifax-Dartmouth Port Development
Commission and as Chair of the Board of Referees for the Halifax Region of Human
Resources Development Canada.
Senator Cordy has also given generously of her time to numerous voluntary organizations. She has been a Board Member of Phoenix House, a shelter for homeless youth; a Member of the Judging Committee for the Dartmouth Book Awards; and, a volunteer with her church in Dartmouth.
Senator Cordy is a native of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Current Member of the following Senate committee(s):
National Security and Defence
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
Vice-Chair of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association
Vice-Chair of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
| The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY, Senator |
Appointed
to the Senate by the Rt. Honourable Jean Chrétien, Senator Joseph Day
represents the province of New Brunswick and the Senatorial Division of Saint
John-Kennebecasis. He has served in the Senate of Canada since October 4, 2001.
He is currently a Member of the following Senate Committees: Agriculture and Forestry; National Security and Defence; the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, National Finance and Transport and Communications. Areas of interest and specialization include: science and technology, defence, international trade and human rights issues, and heritage and literacy. He is a member of many Interparliamentary associations including the Canada-China Legislative Association and the Interparliamentary Union. He is also the Chair of the Canada-Mongolia Friendship Group.
A
well-known New Brunswick lawyer and engineer, Senator Day has had a successful
career as a private practice attorney. His
legal interests include Patent and Trademark Law, and intellectual property
issues. Called to the bar of New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario, he
is also certified as a Specialist in Intellectual Property Matters by the Law
Society of Upper Canada, and a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of
Canada. Most recently (1999-2000)
he served as President and CEO of the New Brunswick Forest Products Association.
In 1992, he joined J.D. Irving Ltd., a conglomerate with substantial
interests in areas including forestry, pulp and paper, and shipbuilding, as
legal counsel. Prior to 1992 he
practiced with Gowling & Henderson in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ogilvy Renauld in
Ottawa, and Donald F. Sim in Toronto, where he began his career in 1973.
An
active member of the community, Senator Day currently chairs the Foundation, and
the Board of the Dr. V.A. Snow Centre Nursing Home, as well as the Board of the
Associates of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
Among his many other volunteer efforts, he has held volunteer positions
with the Canadian Bar Association and other professional organizations, and
served as National President of both the Alumni Association (1996) and the
Foundation (1998-2000) of the Royal Military College Club of Canada.
Senator Day holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada, an LL.B from Queen's University, and a Masters of Laws from Osgoode Hall. He is a member of the bars of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.
| HONOURABLE J. MICHAEL
FORRESTALL |
The
Honourable J. Michael Forrestall was born at Deep Brook, Nova Scotia on
September 23, 1932.
After an early career as a journalist with the Chronicle Herald and
airline executive, he entered politics and was first elected to the House of
Commons in the General Election of 1965.
The
Honourable J. Michael Forrestall was subsequently re-elected to the House of
Commons in 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, and 1984.
He first became Official Opposition Defence Critic in 1966, and
challenged the government of Prime Minister Pearson on the Unification of the
Canadian Forces.
Senator Forrestall subsequently served as Defence Critic from 1966-1979
and served over that period of time as a member of the House of Commons Standing
Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs.
From
1979-1984, the Honourable J. Michael Forrestall served as a member or alternate
to the North Atlantic Assembly.
During that period of time he also served as General Rapporteur of the
North Atlantic Assembly’s Military Committee and presented the committee
report entitled Alliance Security in the 1980's.
In November of 1984, Senator Forrestall led the Canadian delegation to
the 30th Annual Session of the North Atlantic Assembly.
In
1984, the Honourable J. Michael Forrestall was appointed Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister of Transport, and in 1986, the Minister of Regional Industrial
Expansion and the Minister of State for Science and Technology.
He was a candidate in the 1988 General Election and defeated.
In 1989, Senator Forrestall was appointed to the Board of Directors of
Marine Atlantic, and then in 1990, appointed to the Veterans Appeal Board.
On
September 27, 1990, the Honourable J. Michael Forrestall was appointed to the
Senate of Canada.
From 1993-1994 he was a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on
Canada’s Defence Policy and serves to this day as Defence critic in the
Senate.
Senator Forrestall is currently Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing
Committee on National Security and Defence, and a member of the Joint Committee
on the Library of Parliament. The Honourable J. Michael Forrestall has, in the
past, served as a member of the Senate Special Committee on the Canadian
Airborne Regiment in Somalia, Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Senate Sub-Committee on Veterans Affairs and Deputy Chair of the Standing Senate
Committee on Transport and Communications and Chair of the Special Senate
Committee on Transportation Safety and Security.
The
Honourable J. Michael Forrestall is currently a member of the NATO Parliamentary
Association, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association,
Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group and the Royal Canadian Legion.
| The Honourable COLIN KENNY, Senator |
Career
History
Sworn
in on June 29th, 1984 representing the Province of Ontario. His early political
career began in 1968 as the Executive Director of the Liberal Party in Ontario.
From 1970 until 1979 he worked in the Prime Minister's Office as Special
Assistant, Director of Operations, Policy Advisor and Assistant Principal
Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Pierre Trudeau.
Committee
Involvement
During
his parliamentary career, Senator Kenny has served on numerous committees. They
include the Special Committee on Terrorism and Security (1986-88) and (1989-91),
the Special Joint Committee on Canada’s Defence Policy (1994), the Standing
Committee on Banking Trade and Commerce, the Standing Committee on National
Finance, and the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and
Administration.
He
is currently Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and
Defence. The Senator is also currently a member of the Steering Committee of the
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources.
Defence
Matters
Senator Kenny has been elected as Rapporteur for the Defence and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Prior to that he was Chair of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Subcommittee on the Future Security and Defence Capabilities and Vice-Chair of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Subcommittee on the Future of the Armed Forces.
EMAIL: kennyco@sen.parl.gc.ca
Website: http://sen.parl.gc.ca/ckenny
| The Honourable MICHAEL A.
MEIGHEN, Senator |
Appointed
to the Senate in 1990, the Honourable Michael Meighen serves on various Senate
Standing Committees including Banking Trade and Commerce, National Security and
Defence, and chairs the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs.
He has also served on the Special Joint Committee on Canada’s Defence
Policy and the Special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada, and the Standing
Committee on Fisheries.
In
his private career, Senator Meighen practiced litigation and commercial law in
Montreal and Toronto.
He is Counsel to the law firm Ogilvy Renault, and was Legal Counsel to
the Deschênes Commission on War Criminals.
He is Chairman of Cundill Funds (Vancouver) and sits on the Board of
Directors of Paribas Participations Limited, and J.C. Clark Ltd. (Toronto).
Senator
Meighen’s present involvement in community service includes the Salvation Army
(Chair, Toronto Advisory Committee), Stratford Festival (past Chair), Prostate
Cancer Research Foundation, Atlantic Salmon Federation, University of King’s
College (Chancellor), University of Waterloo Centre for Cultural Management
(Chair, Board of Governors), Université Laval, McGill University.
Senator
Meighen is a graduate of McGill University and Université Laval and was ordered
Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law in 2001 from Mount Allison University.
He lives in Toronto with his wife Kelly and their three sons.
| The Honourable David P. Smith, Senator |
In
addition to being a respected lawyer, the Honourable David Smith has a
distinguished record of public service.
Senator
Smith earned a B.A. in Political Science from Carleton University in 1964 and
an LL.B from Queen's University in 1970. He was called to the Bar in Ontario
in 1972. During a distinguished career, Senator Smith has become a foremost
practitioner of municipal, administrative and regulatory law.
At
the time of this appointment, Senator Smith was Chairman and Partner of Fraser
Milner Casgrain LLP, one of Canada's oldest and largest law firms. In 1998,
with the formation of Fraser Milner, Senator Smith was named the firm's first
Chairman. Previously, Senator Smith was Chairman of Fraser & Beatty.
From
1980-84 Senator Smith sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for
the riding of Don Valley East, and also served in cabinet as Minister of State
(Small Business and Tourism). In 1972, he was elected to Toronto City Council
and re-elected in 1974 and again in 1976, and was subsequently appointed
President of Toronto City Council and Deputy Mayor of Toronto.
Senator
Smith became very active in the Liberal party in the 1960's and held such
positions as National President of the Young Liberals, Executive Assistant to
Keith Davey who was national Liberal Party director, and executive assistant
to the Hon. Walter Gordon and the Hon. John Turner
Senator
Smith has lent his time to numerous voluntary and philanthropic organizations.
He has sat on the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place, as well as on the
boards of the Salvation Army, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and
George Brown College. He has served as Chairman of the Retinitis Pigmentosa
Foundation and as Vice Chairman of the O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts.
Current
Member of the following Senate committee(s):
Legal and Constitutional Affairs; National
Security and Defence and Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
| The Honourable John (Jack)
Wiebe, Senator |
Jack
Wiebe is one of Saskatchewan's leading citizens. He has been a highly
successful farmer, as well as a member of the Saskatchewan Legislative
Assembly.
And
in 1994, he became the first farmer to be appointed to the position of
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan in almost 50 years.
Senator
Wiebe first became known in Saskatchewan as a leader in the farm community. He
and his family built a thriving farm in the Main Center district of the
province, and from 1970-85 he was owner and President of L&W Feeders Ltd.
Senator
Wiebe has been very involved with the co-operative movement, and has served on
the Main Center Wheat Pool Committee, the Herbert Credit Union, the Herbert
Co-op, and the Saskatchewan Co-operative Advisory Board. He has also been
active with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, and the Saskatchewan Stock Growers
Association.
Senator
Wiebe was elected in 1971 and 1975 as a Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative
Assembly for the constituency of Morse.
He
is the past-chair for Saskatchewan on the Canadian Forces Liaison Council.
Senator
Wiebe and his wife, Ann, have raised three daughters and have eight
grandchildren.
Current
Member of the following Senate committee(s):
BIOGRAPHIES OF COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT
|
Chief Warrant
Officer J.J.L.M. Dessureault, OMM, CD Canadian
Forces |
|
Chief
Warrant Officer Dessureault was born on 2 November 1945 in
Shawinigan, Quebec. He enrolled in the Canadian Army on 26 March 1964. In
September of that year, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal 22e Régiment,
then stationed at Quebec.
During
37 years, he served with the Regiment in Valcartier, Quebec, in Werl, in
Northern Germany and later in Lahr, in Southern Germany. In 1983, he was posted
to the College militaire royal de Saint-Jean as Master Warrant Officer of the
military drill training section. He was promoted Chief Warrant Officer in 1987
during a tour of duty in Cyprus. In 1990, he was named Regimental Sergeant-Major
of the 1st Battalion Royal 22e Régiment and in 1992, deployed to Croatia.
He
held the appointments of Chief Warrant Officer Land Force Quebec Area and Land
Force Command Chief Warrant Officer before being appointed to the prestigious
function of Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer in June 1999 until his
retirement in July 2001. Since, he joints the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence as Military Advisor.
November
1994, he was decorated Member of the Order of Military Merit and promoted to the
rank of Officer of Military Merit in January 2000
Chief Warrant Officer (retired) Dessureault M. is married to Marianne Claassen, who is originally from the Netherlands; they have one daughter, Désirée.
|
MAJOR-GENERAL(Ret) G. Keith MCDONALD |
MGen McDonald grew up in Edmonton, attended College Militaire Royal in St. Jean and Royal Military College in Kingston (RMC), graduating in 1966 and being awarded his pilot wings in 1967.
MGen McDonald operationally flew the Tutor, T-33, CF5, CF104 and CF18 aircraft accumulating over 4000 hours of pilot in command throughout his 37-year career in the Air Force, Canadian Forces.
He
held staff positions at the Royal Military College, in
Baden
Soellingen Germany, at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa and at the North American Aerospace Command in Colorado Springs. Command positions include CF18 Squadron Commander, Base and Wing Commander in Baden Soellingen, Germany.
Major General McDonald ended his military career as the Director of Combat Operations at Headquarters North American Aerospace Defence Command at Colorado Springs, USA.
After leaving the military in 1998, General McDonald served a period of “conflict of interest” prior to joining BMCI Consulting as a Principal Consultant in the Aerospace and Defence Division. He left BMCI in 2002 to set up his own consulting company, KM Aerospace Consulting.
Major
General McDonald has a degree in Political and Economic Science (Honours
Courses) from the Royal Military College. He has completed Canadian Forces staff
school, the Royal Air Force (England) Staff College, the National Security
studies course, Post Graduate Courses in Business at Queens University,
Electronic Warfare Courses at the University of California Los Angeles, the Law
of Armed Conflict at San Remo, Italy, and numerous project management courses.
General McDonald is married to the former Catherine Grunder of Kincardine, Ontario, and they have two grown daughters, Jocelyn and Amy.
GRANT
DAWSON
Grant
Dawson joined the Parliamentary Research Branch of the Library of Parliament in
March 2003. He serves as the Research Officer for the Standing Senate Committee
on National Security and Defence.
Dr.
Dawson received his Double Honours B.A. (History and English) and M.A. (History)
from the University of Manitoba, and his Ph.D. in History from Carleton
University, Ottawa. His dissertation is the first critical examination of the
Canadian government's decision-making in relation to its contribution of troops
to the Somalia peace operations in 1992. Dr. Dawson's academic research
interests include Canadian diplomatic and military history, peace history
(especially the writings of Jean de Bloch), peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Dr.
Dawson has published in the "Journal of Contemporary History" (lead
article in January 2002), "International Journal" (Spring 2000), and
the 2001 and 2003 editions of the foreign policy essay collection "Canada
Among Nations."
Dr. Dawson has lectured for the Royal Military College, Kingston, and was a recipient of a Department of National Defence / Security and Defence Forum Ph.D. Fellowship in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
BARBARA
REYNOLDS
Barbara
Reynolds has worked with Canadian parliamentarians for 29 years in various
capacities. Trained as a sociologist, she worked for 10 years as a research
officer for the Library of Parliament, assisting committees involved in the area
of social affairs. During this time
she served for three years as Director of Research for the House of Commons
Committee on Disabled Persons that produced the landmark report entitled
Obstacles.
An
associate of the Parliamentary Centre for 15 years, she organized fact-finding
visits for legislators to and from the United States as well as study tours to
Canada for legislators from African and Southeast Asian countries. She
coordinated professional development programs for legislators and their staff,
and wrote guidebooks on the operation of parliamentarians’ offices in Ottawa
and in their constituencies. In
addition, she served as the director of the Parliament, Business and Labour
Trust, a program under which legislators spend up to a week with major
corporations and trade unions.
From
1985 to 2000 she also served as adviser to the Canadian Group of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union, the worldwide organization of legislators that serves
as the parliamentary wing of the United Nations.