Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Human Rights
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006
Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Monday, October 30, 2006
Issue No. 12
Fifteenth meeting on:
Rights and freedoms of children
and
First meeting on:
The examination of government follow-up to report of the committee on Matrimonial Property on Reserves
APPEARING:
The Honourable Jim Prentice, P.C., M.P., Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
WITNESSES
FUJA Unity:
Linda Youngson, Representative;
Thelma Gillespie, Representative.
As individuals:
Agnes Lee;
Robert Marsh.
Native Women's Association of Canada:
Beverley Jacobs, President.
Assembly of First Nations:
Bob Watts, Chief of Staff;
Debra Hanuse, Director, Law and Legislation.
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada:
Sandra Ginnish, Director General, Treaties, Research, International and Gender Equality Branch;
Holly King, Director, Women's issues and Gender Equality Directorate;
Margaret Buist, Legal Counsel.
As an individual:
Wendy Grant-John, Ministerial Representative.
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)