Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples
Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2010
Chair: The Honourable GERRY ST. GERMAIN, P.C.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Issue No. 2
Second and third meetings on:
The federal government's constitutional, treaty, political and legal
responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples
and other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
(Specific Claims)
(Perspectives on the Gitxsan Alternative Governance Model)
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 23, 2010 (43K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 24, 2010 (43K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada:
Michel Roy, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Treaties and Aboriginal Government;
Anik Dupont, Director General, Specific Claims.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Gitanmaax Band Council:
Marjorie McRae, Chief, Director, Gitxsan Government Commission.
As an individual:
Geraldine McDougall, Gitxsan Hereditary Chief Spookw.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Gerry St. Germain, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:Brazeau, Campbell, *Cowan (or Tardif), Demers, Fairbairn, P.C., Hubley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Lovelace Nicholas, Patterson, Poirier, Raine, Stewart Olsen
*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 Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Sibbeston (March 23, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Ogilvie (March 18, 2010).