Brian Walter Natale Santarpia is a retired Canadian naval officer and former Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic.

[1] In 2009 he was promoted to captain and served as an advisor to the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff before taking command of CFB Halifax.

[1] In 2020, as chief of staff of the Canadian Joint Operations Command, Santarpia privately supported using the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to test propaganda techniques on Canadians, saying “This is really a learning opportunity for all of us and a chance to start getting information operations into our (CAF-DND) routine.

In March 2022, Santarpia was accused of failing to provide effective support to a female officer who had complained of sexual harassment.

In a written statement to media, he said an administrative investigation he ordered into his male senior officers' actions, and the decisions in which he was involved, "revealed proper procedures were followed, however, the entire chain of command could have provided more effective support to the persons involved.