Veterans Affairs Committee on Dec. 2nd, 2025

Evidence of meeting #16 for Veterans Affairs in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was accounting.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Supplementary Estimates (B), 2025-26: Votes 1b and 5b under Department of Veterans Affairs

Members speaking

Marie-France Lalonde
Blake Richards
Alana Hirtle
Marie-Hélène Gaudreau
Cathay Wagantall
Sean Casey
Fraser Tolmie
Braedon Clark
Arnold Viersen
Tatiana Auguste

Before the committee

Jill McKnight  Minister of Veterans Affairs
Tessier  Assistant Deputy Minister, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Services, Department of Veterans Affairs
McDowell  Acting Deputy Minister, Department of Veterans Affairs
Harris  Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Delivery, Department of Veterans Affairs
Freeman  Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance Branch, Department of Veterans Affairs

5:20 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Marie-France Lalonde

Thank you.

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Conservative

Blake Richards Conservative Airdrie—Cochrane, AB

How interesting it would be to find out what the heck we're doing at this point.

December 2nd, 2025 / 5:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Marie-France Lalonde

Those are very important procedural aspects of my role.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, December 4, 2025. We will resume the study on suicide prevention among veterans. We have witnesses in the first hour. The second hour will be in camera to give instructions to our analyst for the drafting of this report.

Does the committee wish to adjourn the meeting? Yes?

The meeting is adjourned.