All right, colleagues, the hour is here. We welcome Minister Rob Nicholson Minister of National Defence for our committee study today. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) the study is of the supplementary estimates (C) 2013-14 vote 5c under National Defence.
Appearing with the minister is Michael Martin, senior associate deputy minister; Major-General Michael Hood, director of staff of the strategic joint staff; Kevin Lindsey, assistant deputy minister, chief financial officer, finance and corporate services; and Rear-Admiral Patrick Finn, chief of staff materiel group.
Also at the witnesses table from the Communication Security Establishment Canada intelligence-gathering policies and practices we have the chief of CSEC, John Forster, whom we will be questioning more closely later in this committee meeting.
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