Appearance Details

Date:

07 February 2024

Location:

In person (TBC)

Time:

4:30 – 6:30PM

Witnesses:

Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

Honourable Bill Blair (First hour only)
Minister of National Defence

Bill Matthews
Deputy Minister

Taylor Paxton
Corporate Secretary

Brigadier-General Rob Holman
Judge Advocate General

This appearance is occurring as part of the following NDDN study:

That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study into transparency of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, that includes but is not limited to: The Access to Information and Privacy System; the independence of the office of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Ombudsman; the declassification system for historic documents; whistleblower protections; the independence of the Grievance process; and information management systems; and that the committee hold a minimum of three meetings on this topic. That the committee invite the Deputy Minister of National Defence, the Corporate Secretary at the Department of National Defence, the Minister of National Defence, the Information Commissioner, the National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Ombudsman, the chairperson of the Military Grievance and External Review Committee, veterans and veteran advocates.