Parliamentary Committee Notes: Overview Note
You have been invited to appear at SECD 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: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Room C-128, Senate of Canada Building, 2 Rideau 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
With only four seats available at the table for witnesses, officials required to approach to answer specific questions will exchange seats with an official sitting at the table.
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
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
Unlike the House of Commons Standing Committees, Senate Standing Committees do not have set order by group in which senators ask their questions nor fixed time-limits for questions. Senate Chairs do generally track the time taken by each Senator and may cut a senator off if they feel like they are taking an unreasonable amount of time to ask their questions.
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