THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, DEFENCE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Monday, February 26, 2024
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs met this day at 4 p.m., in room C128, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Tony Dean, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Anderson, Boehm, Cardozo, Carignan, P.C., Dasko, Dean, Kutcher, McNair, Oh, Patterson and Yussuff (11).

Participating in the meeting: 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 study on issues relating to national security and defence generally.

WITNESSES:

Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces:

Major-General Paul Prévost, Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff;

Major-General Greg Smith, Director General, International Security Policy.

Global Affairs Canada:

Alison Grant, Director General, International Security Policy Bureau.

As individuals:

Alexander Lanoszka, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo (by videoconference);

General (Ret'd) Dominique Trinquand, Former Head, French Military Mission to the UN and NATO (by videoconference).

Lieutenant-General (Ret'd) D. Michael Day, Former Commander, Canadian Special Operations Forces Command and Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Major-General Greg Smith and Alison Grant each made a statement and, together with Major-General Paul Prévost, answered questions.

At 4:58 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 5:04 p.m., the committee resumed.

Dominique Trinquand, Alexander Lanoszka and D. Michael Day each made a statement and answered questions.

At 6 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Ericka Dupont

Clerk of the Committee