THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Monday, March 28, 2022
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[English]

Pursuant to the order of the Senate of November 25, 2021, the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence met this day in room B45, Senate of Canada Building, and with videoconference at 2:03 p.m. ET, the chair, the Honourable Tony Dean, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boehm, Dasko, Deacon (Ontario), Dean and Yussuff (5).

Members of the committee present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Anderson, Boisvenu, Dagenais, Jaffer and Richards (5).

Participating in the meeting: Chantal Cardinal and Barbara Reynolds, procedural clerks, Sara Gajic, Legislative Clerk and Natacha Umugwaneza, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Ariel Shapiro and Anne‑Marie Therrien-Tremblay, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, February 10, 2022, the committee continued its examination on issues relating to security and defence in the Arctic.

WITNESSES (by videoconference):

As individuals:

Rob Huebert, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary;

Whitney Lackenbauer, Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North and Professor, Trent University;

Andreas Østhagen, Senior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute & High North Center at Nord University and Global Fellow at Wilson Center;

Wilfrid Greaves, Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Victoria;

Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, Professor, University of Western Ontario, and Senior Fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, University of Toronto;

Suzanne Lalonde, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal;

Lassi Heininen, Professor, University of Lapland, Finland, Leader of Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security and Chair of the Arctic Circle Mission Council on the GlobalArctic.

Rob Huebert, Whitney Lackenbauer, Andreas Østhagen and Wilfrid Greaves each made a statement and answered questions.

Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, Suzanne Lalonde and Lassi Heininen each made a statement and answered questions.

At 3:59 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Ericka Dupont

Clerk of the Committee