MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OTTAWA, Monday, February 7, 2022 (2) [English] Pursuant to the order of the Senate of November 25, 2021, the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence met in camera this day in room B45, Senate of Canada Building , and with videoconference, at 2:02 p.m. ET, the chair, the Honourable Tony Dean, presiding. Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boehm, Dean and Yussuff (3). Members of the committee present by videoconference : The Honourable Senators Anderson, Boisvenu, Dagenais, Dasko, Deacon (Ontario), Jaffer and Mercer (7).

Participating in the meeting: Chantal Cardinal, Procedural Clerk , Sara Ga jic, Legislative Clerk and Natacha Umugwaneza, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Ariel Shapiro and Anne-Marie Therrien-Tremblay, analysts, Library of Parliament; Stav Nitka, Communications Officer, Communications Directorate. Pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee discussed in camera a draft agenda (future business).

It was a greed that each committee member be allowed to have one staff person present at in camera meetings , with additi onal staff resources attending periodically where agreed to by the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure. At 2:57 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair. ATTEST: Ericka Dupont Clerk of the committee