Parliamentary Committee Notes: Overview Note
Context
You have been invited to appear at SECU for the Committee’s study on Bill C-70, An Act Respecting Countering Foreign Interference with the Honorable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
General Information
Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Time: 8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
Location: Room 425, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street
Officials
You and Minister Virani will appear for the first hour and will be supported by the following officials:
Public Safety Canada
- Shawn Tupper, Deputy Minister
- Richard Bilodeau, Director General
RCMP
- Mark Flynn, Deputy Commissioner, Federal Policing
CSIS
- David Vigneault, Director
- Sarah Estabrooks, Director General, Policy and Foreign Relations
Department of Justice
- Shalene Curtis-Micallef, Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General of Canada
- Heather Watts, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister
The following officials will appear for the second hour:
Public Safety Canada
- Richard Bilodeau, Director General
RCMP
- Mark Flynn, Deputy Commissioner, Federal Policing
CSIS
- David Vigneault, Director
- Sarah Estabrooks, Director General, Policy and Foreign Relations
Department of Justice
- Heather Watts, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister
- Mark Scrivens, Senior Counsel
- Karine Bolduc, Counsel
Privy Council Office
- Nathalie Drouin, Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister
Opening Remarks
At the onset of the meeting, the Chair will invite you to deliver opening remarks, to last approximately 5 minutes. Questions from Committee members will ensue.
Rounds of Questions
- First Round of Questions:
- Conservative Party, six minutes.
- Liberal Party, six minutes.
- Bloc Québécois, six minutes.
- New Democratic Party, six minutes.
- Second and Subsequent Rounds of Questions:
- Conservative Party, five minutes.
- Liberal Party, five minutes.
- Bloc Québécois, two and a half minutes.
- New Democratic Party, two and a half minutes.
- Conservative Party, five minutes.
- Liberal Party, five minutes.
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