Overview Note
The Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency (DEDC) has invited you to appear to discuss the invocation of the Emergencies Act.
General Information
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Duration: One and a half hours
Location: Room 025 West Block
Other Details:
- The meeting will be public and will be televised
- Minister Lametti and his officials will appear directly after you, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Officials
The following officials will support you during the appearance:
- Rob Stewart, Deputy Minister, Public Safety
- Brenda Lucki, Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- John Ossowski, President, Canada Border Services Agency
- David Vigneault, Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Opening Remarks
At the beginning of the meeting, the Chair will invite you to deliver opening remarks. These should last approximately five minutes and will be followed by questions from committee members.
Rounds of Questions
Allocation of question time will be at the discretion of the Chair, but should proceed as follows, based on procedural motions adopted by DEDC on March 14, 2022:
First Round:
- four minutes House of Commons Conservative
- four minutes House of Commons Liberal
- four minutes House of Commons Bloc Québécois
- four minutes House of Commons New Democratic Party
- four minutes for each senator
Second Round:
- three minutes House of Commons Conservative
- three minutes House of Commons Liberal
- two minutes House of Commons Bloc Québécois
- two minutes House of Commons New Democratic Party
- two minutes each for two senators on a rotational basis to be determined by the Senate parliamentary groups
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