NDDN Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
Gregory Lick and Vihar Joshi made statement and answered questions.
At 12:03 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 12:09 p.m., the sitting resumed.
Caroline Maynard and Harriet Solloway made statements and, with Brian Radford and Allison Knight, answered questions.
James Bezan moved, — That the committee extend the transparency within the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces study by one additional meeting and invite the Privacy Commissioner to appear.
Debate arose thereon.
Lindsay Mathyssen moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the words “one additional meeting” to “two additional meetings” and by adding the words “the Chief of Defence staff, and the former Defence Ombudsman, Gary Walbourne” after the words “Privacy Commissioner”.
Debate arose thereon.
Marie-France Lalonde moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Chad Collins, Andy Fillmore, Darren Fisher, Marie-France Lalonde, Emmanuella Lambropoulos — 5;
NAYS: James Bezan, Cheryl Gallant, Pat Kelly, Shelby Kramp-Neuman, Lindsay Mathyssen, Christine Normandin — 6.
The debate continued on the amendment of Lindsay Mathyssen.
The question was put on the amendment of Lindsay Mathyssen and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 11; NAYS: 0.
The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 11; NAYS: 0.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
That the committee extends the transparency within the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces study by two additional meetings and invite the Privacy Commissioner, the Chief of Defence Staff, and the former National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Ombudsman, Gary Walbourne, to appear.
On motion of Chad Collins, it was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $6,000. 00, for the study of Transparency within the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, be adopted.
At 1:14 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.