REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples has the honour to present its

NINTH REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, to examine and report on challenges and potential solutions relating to First Nations infrastructure on reserves, respectfully requests funds for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016.

Pursuant to Chapter 3:06, section 2(1)(c) of the Senate Administrative Rules, 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,

DENNIS GLEN PATTERSON

Chair

STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS RELATING TO FIRST NATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE ON RESERVES

APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2016

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, February 25, 2014:

The Honourable Senator Patterson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare:

That the Standing Senate Committee Aboriginal Peoples be authorized to examine and report on challenges and potential solutions relating to First Nations infrastructure on reserves, including, but not limited to:

(a) housing;
(b) community infrastructure (such as water and wastewater treatment, schools and other community buildings); and
(c) innovative opportunities for financing and more effective collaborative strategies;

That the papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the committee during the Second Session of the Forty-first Parliament, as part of its study on the federal government's constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples and on other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, as authorized by the Senate on November 21, 2013, form part of the papers and evidence received and taken for the purposes of this study; and

That the committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2015 and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report.

After debate,

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

Gary W. O’Brien

Clerk of the Senate

SUMMARY OF BUDGET

The above budget was approved by the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples on Tuesday, February 24, 2015.

The undersigned or an alternate will be in attendance on the date that this budget is considered.

GENERAL ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE SPECIAL STUDY

Pursuant to Chapter 3:06, section 2(2) of the Senate Administrative Rules.

The total expected cost of this study is $375,310.

The Committee does not expect to submit any other budget authorization requests beyond the present one in connection with this special study.

STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS RELATING TO FIRST NATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE ON RESERVES

APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2016

GENERAL EXPENSES

The Senate administration has reviewed this budget application.

APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT

Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined the budget presented to it by the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, for the purpose of its special study on challenges and potential solutions relating to First Nations infrastructure on reserves, as authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, February 25, 2014. The said budget is as follows:

Aboriginal Peoples (First Nations infrastructure on reserves)

Respectfully submitted,

GEORGE J. FUREY

Deputy Chair