Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Human Rights
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006
Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Monday, June 19, 2006
Issue No. 5
Fourth meeting on:
The rights and freedoms of children
INCLUDING:
THE SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget authorisation 2006-2007 for special studies on Canada's international obligations in regard to the
rights and freedoms of children; to invite the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada to update
the committee on actions taken concerning the recommendations contained in committee's report entitled
A Hard Bed to lie in: Matrimonial Real Property on Reserve; to review the machinery of government
dealing with Canada's international and national human rights obligations and to examine the hiring and
promotion practices of the
Federal Public Service)
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Second Report
- Third Report
- Fourth Report
- Fifth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (51K)
WITNESSES:
Assembly of First Nations:
Chief Angus Toulouse, Ontario Regional Chief;
Jonathan Thompson, Director, Social Development, Education and Languages.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Chair
The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Dallaire, *Hays (or Fraser), Kinsella, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Lovelace Nicholas, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Pépin, Poy
*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 Mercer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pépin (June 16, 2006).
The name of the Honourable Senator Zimmer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Dallaire (June 19, 2006).
The name of the Honourable Senator Pépin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercer (June 20, 2006).
The name of the Honourable Senator Dallaire substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Zimmer (June 20, 2006).