It was agreed, — That the Second Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, which read as follows, be concurred in:

Your subcommittee met on Monday, February 14, 2022, to consider the business of the committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:

1. That the committee add an additional hour to the meetings of February 28 and March 21 and that each one-hour segment have three witnesses per panel and of those three, each will be allowed five minutes for opening statements.

2. That the committee add an additional meeting on 11 April 2022.

3. That the following witnesses be invited to appear subject to availability; and

4. That in cases where the witnesses are unavailable, the compiled list of witnesses and requests to appear will be used.

Meeting 4 (28 February 2022): Veterans Groups

• Panel 1: Wendy Long, Director, Afghan-Canadian Interpreters; Aman Lara; and Raven Rae

• Panel 2: Canadian Heroes Foundation; Captain (retired) Corey Shelson; and Major (retired) Stephen Peddle

• Panel 3: Ark Salus; Friba Rezayee, Executive Director, Women Leaders of Tomorrow; and Professor Julian Spencer-Churchill, Concordia University

Meeting 5 (21 March 2022): Afghans/Afghan families/organizations

• Panel 1: Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization; Canadian Refugee Sponsorship Agreement Holder Association; and Lifeline Afghanistan

• Panel 2: COSTI Immigrant Services; Centre for Newcomers; and Aga Khan Foundation of Canada

• Panel 3: Wadood Dilsoz, local Afghan leader; Reid Sirrs, Global Affairs Canada, former Ambassador of Canada to Afghanistan; and Rachel Pulfer, Journalists for Human Rights

Meeting 6 (28 March 2022): Afghans/Afghan families/organizations

• Panel 1: Katherine Kandalaft, Representative for Afghan families; Djawid Taheri, lawyer; and Allison MacLean, Producer of Burkas2Bullets

• Panel 2: Wazhma Frogh, Women and Peace Studies Organization-Afghanistan; Dr. Sima Samar; and Sally Armstrong, Canadian journalist; and Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch

Meeting 7 (4 April 2022): Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Department of National Defence

• Panel 1: The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship; Catrina Tapley, Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; and Karim Virani, Senior Director of Afghan Task Team, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Departmental Officials

• Panel 2: The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence; and Peter Hammerschmidt, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Departmental Officials

Meeting 8 (11 April 2022): Global Affairs Canada – Humanitarian and Development Assistance

• Panel 1: The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development; and Departmental Officials

• Panel 2: Departmental Officials

Meeting 9 (25 April 2022): Global Affairs Canada – Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

• Panel 1: The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Departmental Officials

• Panel 2: Marta Morgan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Meeting 10 (2 May 2022): Afghans/Afghan families/organizations

• Panel 1: Masood Matin Hotak, interpreter; Jamy Kohistany, interpreter; and Zareef Mayar, interpreter

• Panel 2: Warda Shazadi Meighen, International Women of Judges Association; Rainbow Railroad; Robert St. Aubin, Former legislative assistant

Meeting 11 (9 May 2022): The Canadian Armed Forces

• Panel 1: General Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defence Staff; Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie, Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command; Major-General William (Bill) Seymour, Deputy Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command

• Panel 2: Major-General Steve Boivin, Commander, Canadian Special Operations Forces Command; Lieutenant-General A.D. Meinzinger, Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force

Meeting 12 (16 May 2022): Drafting Instructions

Meeting 13 (30 May 2022): Report Consideration

Meeting 14 (6 June 2022): Report Consideration

At 6:36 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 6:47 p.m., the sitting resumed in a public and televised session.

Wendy Long, Brian Macdonald, Eleanor Taylor and David Theodore Lavery made statements and answered questions.

At 7:34 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:38 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Corey Shelson and Stephen Peddle made statements and answered questions.

At 8:32 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 8:39 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Brandi Hansen and Julian Spencer-Churchill made statements and answered questions.

At 8:43 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 8:51 p.m., the sitting resumed.

At 9:00 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:07 p.m., the sitting resumed.