Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples
Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009
Chair: The Honourable GERRY ST. GERMAIN, P.C.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Issue No. 8
Fourteenth and fifteenth meetings 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
(Issues pertaining to Indian Act elections)
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 26, 2009 - Morning (89K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 26, 2009 - Afternoon (139K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - Morning meeting
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation:
Frank Brown, Chief.
Opaskwayak Cree Nation:
Grand Chief Norman Glen Ross, Chair;
Andrew Colomb, Chief, Marcel Colomb First Nation.
Interlake Reserves Tribal Council:
Chief Emery Stagg, Chair.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - Afternoon meeting
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation:
Terrance Nelson, Chief.
Peguis First Nation:
Glenn Hudson, Chief.
As individuals:
Phyllis Sutherland;
Leah Stevenson;
Kelvin Chicago;
Tommy Keesick;
Lou Ella Shannacappo;
Jean Courchene;
Roderick D. Ross;
Elmer Courchene;
Renata Mecorise;
Marcel Balfour, Chief, Norway House Cree Nation;
George Kemp, Chief, Berens River First Nation;
Mary A. Starr.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Gerry St. Germain, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Nick G. Sibbeston, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Brazeau, Brown, Campbell, Carstairs, P.C., *Cowan (ou Tardif), Dyck, Hubley, Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (ou Comeau), Lovelace Nicholas, Peterson, Raine
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)