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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 146
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 8:46 a.m. to 10:44 a.m.
Presiding
Karen Vecchio, Chair (Conservative)

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• Ron Liepert for Rachael Harder (Conservative)
• Ron Liepert for Hon. K. Kellie Leitch (Conservative)
• Jean Yip for Eva Nassif (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Clare Annett, Analyst
• Dominique Montpetit, Analyst
Treatment of Women Within the Department of National Defence
As an individual
• Alan Okros
The WPS Group
• Kristine St-Pierre, Director
Department of National Defence
• BGen Virginia Tattersal, Deputy Commander, Military Personnel Generation
• BGen Lise Bourgon, Defence Champion, Women, Peace and Security
• Sean Cantelon, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services
• Lisa Vandehei, Director of Gender, Diversity and Inclusion
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, the Committee resumed its study of the treatment of women within the Department of National Defence.

Alan Okros and Kristine St-Pierre made statements and answered questions.

At 9:41 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:45 a.m., the sitting resumed.

BGen Virginia Tattersal, BGen Lise Bourgon, Sean Cantelon and Lisa Vandehei made statements and answered questions.

At 10:26 a.m., Salma Zahid took the Chair.

At 10:44 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Kenza Gamassi
Clerk of the Committee