The Chair presented the First Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, as amended, which read as follows:
Your Subcommittee met on Thursday, March 11, 2010, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:
1. That the Committee undertake a study of Arctic sovereignty; and
That the evidence and documentation received by the Standing Committee on National Defence during the Second Session of the 40th Parliament in relation to its study of Arctic sovereignty be taken into consideration by the Committee in this session and that all in camera testimony given in relation to this study in the Second Session of the 40th Parliament be treated as in camera testimony given during the Third Session of the 40th Parliament.
2. That the Committee invite representatives of the Department of National Defence to provide a two-hour briefing on the subject of the rehiring of retired soldiers and staff by the Department of National Defence.
3. That the Minister of National Defence be invited to appear before the Committee on Thursday, March 18, 2010 on the subject of the Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2010.
4. That, with regard to the time allocated for the questioning of witnesses by committee members, during the third round of questioning the Chair will use his discretion to divide the remaining Committee time between any Committee members who express an interest in questioning the witnesses.
5. That the Committee undertake a study of search and rescue response times.
6. That the Committee undertake a study of the role of Canadian soldiers in international peace operations after 2011.
7. That the Committee undertake a study of recruitment and retention in the Canadian Forces and
That the evidence and documentation received by the Standing Committee on National Defence during the Second Session of the 40th Parliament in relation to its study of recruitment and retention of the Canadian Forces be taken into consideration by the Committee in this session and that all in camera testimony given in relation to this study in the Second Session of the 40th Parliament be treated as in camera testimony given during the Third Session of the 40th Parliament.
8. That the Committee undertake a study of capital budget and procurement for the Department of National Defence.