Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan and MPs Phil McColeman (Conservative), Gord Johns (NDP), Monique Pauzé (Bloc Québécois), and Elizabeth May (Green Party) make remarks commemorating Veterans’ Week. Taking place ahead of (...)

Has the government kept its pledge to reform the military procurement process? Peter Van Dusen hears from three experts: Sahir Khan (Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, University of Ottawa), David Perry (Canadian Global Affairs (...)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a ceremony to remember the 75th anniversary of the battle of Dieppe at a rain soaked ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. The World War 2 battle was a costly one for Canadians. Of the (...)

Speaking with reporters in Ottawa on July 13, 2017, members of the Veterans Accountability Commission discuss the federal government’s recent $10.5-million settlement with Omar Khadr (a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner) and their ongoing (...)

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan discusses the important role of peacekeeping and the government’s new defence policy at the 4th Annual Canada 2020 Conference in Ottawa. (June 16, 2017)

The committee conducts its clause-by-clause review of Bill C-305. Liberal MP Chandra Arya introduced his private member’s bill in September 2016. It aims to expand Canada’s laws on hate-based property damage, vandalism and (...)

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan responds to questions on the recently-announced defence policy review. General Jonathan Vance (chief of the defence staff) also testifies, along with John Forster (deputy defence minister), Lieutenant-General (...)

Senators continue to study Bill C-22, which would create a committee of parliamentarians to review national security and intelligence activities. Charles Robert, clerk of the Senate and of the Parliaments, and Michel Patrice, law clerk of (...)

Anil Kapoor, a lawyer who has acted as a special advocate in security certificate proceedings, discusses Bill C-22. The proposed legislation would create a committee of Parliamentarians to review national security and intelligence (...)

Conservative MP Tony Clement and former Liberal MP Derek Lee share their views of Bill C-22, which would create a committee of parliamentarians to scrutinize national security and intelligence activities. (June 12, 2017) UPDATE: Bill C-22 (...)

Legal scholars Craig Forcese (University of Ottawa) and Kent Roach (University of Toronto) provide testimony on Bill C-22. The proposed legislation would create the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. (June (...)

Communications Security Establishment Commissioner Jean-Pierre Plouffe, Civilian Review and Complaints Commission chair Ian McPhail and Security Intelligence Review Committee executive director Michael Doucet discuss Bill C-22. The (...)

Several academics take part in the committee’s study of Bill C-22, which will create a committee of Parliamentarians to review national security and intelligence activities. The witnesses are Christian Leuprecht (political science (...)

This week on Perspective with Alison Smith: Assessing Canada’s new defence and foreign policy Alison speaks to Matthew Fisher, international affairs columnist for Postmedia about his reaction to Minister Chrystia Freeland’s foreign (...)

Minister of Veterans Affairs Kent Hehr speaks at the Department of National Defence in Ottawa on June 8, 2017. The minister discusses how the federal government’s new defence policy will help members of the Armed Forces make the (...)

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan speaks at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, in Ontario, on June 8, 2017, one day after releasing the government’s new defence policy. Following his remarks, Minister Sajjan responds to questions from reporters.

On June 7, 2017, in Ottawa, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Transport Minister Marc Garneau, and Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance discuss the details of their newly released plan for Canada’s defence policy. The plan is the outcome (...)

Elinor Sloan (a professor of international relations at Carleton University) and David Perry (a senior analyst and fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute) speak with CPAC’s Peter Van Dusen on June 7, 2017, following the (...)

Speaking with reporters on June 7, 2017, in Ottawa, Conservative defence critic James Bezan and associate defence critic Pierre Paul-Hus comment on the federal government’s newly released defence policy plan. (no interpretation)

At a press conference in Ottawa on June 7, 2017, NDP MPs Hélène Laverdière (the party’s foreign affairs critic) and Linda Duncan call on the federal government to increase their efforts for global nuclear disarmament. The MPs are (...)

Academic experts Errol Mendes and Wesley Wark discuss Bill C-22, which would create a committee of parliamentarians to scrutinize national security and intelligence activities. Both witnesses, who are professors at the University of (...)

Government House Leader Bardish Chagger and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale make a joint appearance as the committee begins its review of Bill C-22. The legislation would create a committee of seven MPs and two senators to scrutinize (...)

Former senators Hugh Segal and Roméo Dallaire, as well as federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien, take part in the committee’s study of Bill C-22. The legislation would create a committee of seven MPs and two senators to (...)

This week on Perspective with Alison Smith: Canada’s role and relevance at NATO and the G7 Alison speaks to David Graham, journalist from the Atlantic Magazine about next week’s upcoming NATO and G7 summits and how President (...)

The committee reviews two divisions of the budget implementation bill with senior officials. Senators first discuss Division 19 of Part 4, which amends the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. The witnesses for (...)

Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr discusses the government’s commitment to ensuring a seamless process for veterans transitioning to civilian life. His deputy minister, retired general Walt Natynczyk, is also questioned about (...)

Auditor General Michael Ferguson and deputy defence minister John Forster discuss the AG’s report on recruitment and retention in the Canadian Armed Forces. (May 3, 2017)

COVID-19 has forced a scaling-back of this year's Remembrance Day ceremony at Ottawa's National War Memorial. WATCH LIVE: Wednesday, November 11 at 11am ET / 8am PT on CPAC or cpac.ca.

CPAC’s Dan Fonda and Parks Canada historian Yvon Desloges tour the Grange tunnel and the memorial site at Vimy Ridge in France. Canada’s armed forces played a decisive role in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place on April 9–12, (...)

A ceremony is held at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on April 9, 2017, commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Fifteen thousand Canadian soldiers fought in the First World War battle to capture the ridge, (...)