Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable THELMA J. CHALIFOUX

Tuesday, March 20, 2001 (in camera)
Tuesday, April 3, 2001 (in camera)
Tuesday, April 24, 2001 (in camera)
Wednesday, April 25, 2001

Issue No. 2

Future Business and First meeting on: Bill S-24, An Act to implement an agreement between the Mohawks of Kanesatake and Her Majesty in right of Canada respecting governance of certain lands by the Mohawks of Kanesatake and to amend an Act in consequence

INCLUDING: THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Budget)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Robert Nault, P.C., M.P., Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, April 25, 2001

From the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development:

Deborah Corber, Senior Federal Negotiator, Self-Government Branch;

Walter Walling, Senior Negotiator, Specific Issues, Negotiation and Agreement Implementation.

From the Department of Justice:

Ms Sylvia Cox-Duquette, Legal Counsel, Native Law Section.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Thelma J. Chalifoux, Chair

The Honourable Janis G. Johnson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Carney, P.C., *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Christensen, Cochrane, Fraser, Gill, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Pearson, Rompkey, P.C., Sibbeston, St. Germain, P.C., Tkachuk.

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (March 13, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Milne substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Hubley (March 30, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Wilson (April 3, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fraser substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Hubley (April 25, 2001).