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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

THURSDAY, November 29, 2001

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

has the honour to present its

FIFTH REPORT


Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Thursday, September 27, 2001, to examine and report upon issues affecting urban Aboriginal youth in Canada.  In particular, the Committee shall be authorized to examine access, provision and delivery of services; policy and jurisdictional issues; employment and education; access to economic opportunities; youth participation and empowerment; and other related matters; and to present its final report no later than June 28, 2002, respectfully requests that it be empowered to engage the services of such counsel and technical, clerical and other personnel as may be necessary.

Pursuant to Section 2:07 of the Procedural Guidelines for the Financial Operation of Senate Committees, the budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that Committee are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

THELMA J. CHALIFOUX
Chair


APPENDIX (A) 

SPECIAL STUDY ON URBAN ABORIGINAL PEOPLE

APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2002

“Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Thursday, September 27, 2001:

The Honourable Senator Chalifoux moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Christensen:

THAT the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, pursuant to the input it has received from urban Aboriginal people and organizations, be authorized to examine and report upon issues affecting urban Aboriginal youth in Canada.  In particular, the Committee shall be authorized to examine access, provision and delivery of services; policy and jurisdictional issues; employment and education; access to economic opportunities; youth participation and empowerment; and other related matters;

THAT the Committee report to the Senate no later than June 28, 2002; and

THAT the Committee be authorized, notwithstanding customary practice, to table its report to the Clerk of the Senate if the Senate is not sitting, and that a report so tabled be deemed to have been tabled in the Senate.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle
Clerk of the Senate


APPENDIX (B) 

            The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined and approved the budget presented to it by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2002 for the purpose of its Special Study on Urban Youth, as authorized by the Senate on Thursday, September 27, 2001. The approved budget is as follows:

 

Professional and Other Services

$ 18,000
Transport and Communications  $ 2,000
Other Expenditures  $ 5,500
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Total $ 25,500

Respectfully submitted 

RICHARD KROFT
Chairman


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