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CDFAI Fellow

DAVID PRATT

The Honourable David Pratt, P.C. is currently serving as Advisor to the Secretary General and Special Ambassador for the Canadian Red Cross. Mr. Pratt’s focus is on issues related to conflict prevention, the control of small arms and light weapons, international humanitarian law, war affected children and security sector reform.

For 16 years, Mr. Pratt served as an elected representative at the municipal, regional and federal levels. He was first elected to the House of Commons for Nepean-Carleton in 1997. From December 2003 to July 2004, Mr. Pratt served as Canada’s Minister of National Defence. Prior to his appointment to Cabinet, Mr. Pratt was Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs – a position he held from 2001 to 2003.

He also served as a member of the House of Commons Justice Committee’s Sub-Committee on National Security. As Canada’s Special Envoy to Sierra Leone under two ministers of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Pratt was involved extensively in legislation to address the “conflict diamonds” issue.

Keywords: Conflict prevention, small arms and light weapons control, international humanitarian law, war-affected children, security sector reform.
 

April 2008
Stephen Harper is Mackenzie King

  by Jack Granatstein

Now Available:
Spring 2008 Edition of
"The Dispatch"

 

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