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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 8

Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 11:04 a.m. to 1:02 p.m.

Room C-160, 1 Wellington Street

Presiding

Robert Oliphant, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Matthew Dubé

Acting Members present

• Chandra Arya for Marco Mendicino (Liberal)

• John Barlow for Hon. Erin O'Toole (Conservative)

• Pierre Breton for Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Liberal)

• Cheryl Gallant for Larry Miller (Conservative)

• Adam Vaughan for Sven Spengemann (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Tanya Dupuis, Analyst

• Christine Morris, Analyst

Operational Stress Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Public Safety Officers and First Responders

Witnesses

As an individual

• R. Nicholas Carleton, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Regina

• Judith Pizarro Andersen, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Affiliated Faculty of Medicine; Director, Health Adaptation Research on Trauma Lab, University of Toronto

Veterans Transition Network

• Mike Dadson, Executive and Clinical Director

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

• Donna Ferguson, Psychologist, Work, Stress and Health Program

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on February 25, 2016, the Committee resumed its study on Operational Stress Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Public Safety Officers and First Responders.

Nicholas Carleton by videoconference from Regina, Saskatchewan, and Mike Dadson, by videoconference from Langley, British Colombia, made statements and answered questions.

At 11:48 a.m., Matthew Dubé took the Chair.

At 11:51 a.m., Robert Oliphant took the Chair.

At 12:05 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:08 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Donna Ferguson, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, and Judith Pizarro Andersen made statements and answered questions.

On motion of Matthew Dubé, it was agreed, — That the budget in the amount of $38,700, for the Committee's study on Operational Stress Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Public Safety Officers and First responders be adopted.

At 1:02 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Jean-Marie David

Clerk of the Committee