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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
The subject matter of elements contained in Div. 19, 20 and 21 of Pt. 5 of Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget, 2025 Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Witnesses Stephen Anstey, Senior Director, Strategic Costing and Statistical Analysis (Veterans Affairs Canada) Michel Drapeau, Colonel-Maître, Michel Drapeau Law Office (As an Individual) Julie Drury, Acting Director General, Policy & Research (Veterans Affairs Canada) Carolyn Hughes, Director, Veterans Services (Royal Canadian Legion) Jeff Hutcheson, Director General, Corporate Management and Controllership (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Patrick Imbeau, Senior Advisor, Retirement Income Security (National Association of Federal Retirees) Dennis Manuge, Canadian Forces Veteran (As an Individual) Anthony Pizzino, Chief Executive Officer (National Association of Federal Retirees) Joanne Rigon, Director General, National Compensation Service (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Brian Sauvé, President and Chief Executive Officer (National Police Federation) Nathan Svenson, Senior Director, Disability and Health Care Policy (Veterans Affairs Canada) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine and report on issues relating to national security and defence generally, including veterans’ affairs Witnesses Jean Goulet, Principal (Office of the Auditor General of Canada) Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada (Office of the Auditor General of Canada) Gabriel Lombardi, Principal (Office of the Auditor General of Canada) Stuart Smith, Director (Office of the Auditor General of Canada) Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine defence procurement in the context of Canada’s commitment to increase defence spending Witnesses Ugurhan Berkok, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College of Canada (As an Individual) Frederick Blake, Grand Chief (Gwich’in Tribal Council) Peter Clarkson, Mayor (Town of Inuvik) Ben Hendriksen, Mayor(City of Yellowknife) Anessa Kimball, Professor, Department of Political Science, Université Laval (As an Individual) Philippe Lagassé, Associate Professor, Carleton University (As an Individual) David MacMartin, Government Relations Consultant Jill Scott, Principal, Royal Military College of Canada (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine defence procurement in the context of Canada’s commitment to increase defence spending Witnesses Peggy Mason, President (Rideau Institute) Natan Obed, President (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami) David Perry, President (Canadian Global Affairs Institute) Gaëlle Rivard Piché, Executive Director (Conference of Defence Associations Institute) Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute (As an Individual) Steven Staples, Policy Analyst, Author on Canada’s defence policy (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine and report on the impacts of Russia’s disinformation on Canada Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Witnesses Anayit Khoperiya, Deputy Head, Center for Countering Disinformation, National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (As an Individual) Edward Lucas, Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor, Center for European Policy Analysis (As an Individual) Janis Sarts, Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine and report on the impacts of Russia’s disinformation on Canada Witnesses The Honourable Chris Alexander, P.C., Distinguished Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute (As an Individual) Aengus Bridgman, Director, Media Ecosystem Observatory and Assistant Professor (Research), Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University (As an Individual) Simon Hogue, Professor, World politics of digital technologies, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (As an Individual) Justin Ling, Investigative journalist (As an Individual) Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca
Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree briefs the committee that is examining issues relating to national security and defence generally, including veterans’ affairs. The minister makes a statement and answers questions with Tricia Geddes (Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada) and Daniel Rogers (Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service). Officials from Public Safety Canada, Canada Border Services Agency, Parole Board of Canada, CSIS, Correctional Service Canada and the RCMP appear as witnesses.
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