Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights

Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2010

Chair: The Honourable JANIS G. JOHNSON

Monday, May 31, 2010

Issue No. 3

Second and third meetings on:

Bill S-4, An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nations reserves and matrimonial interests or rights in or to structures and lands situated on those reserves

APPEARING

Monday, May 10, 2010 (afternoon session)

The Honourable Chuck Strahl, P.C., M.P., Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

WITNESSES

Monday, May 31, 2010 (morning session)

Assembly of First Nations:

Jody Wilson-Raybould, Regional Chief, British Columbia;

Karen Campbell, Advisor.

Native Women's Association of Canada:

Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, President;

Celeste McKay, Director of Human Rights and International Affairs.

First Nations Land Advisory Board:

Austin Bear, Chief;

William McCue, Councillor.

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples:

Betty Ann Lavallée, National Chief.

Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians:

Randall Phillips, Grand Chief;

Jody Kechego, Senior Policy Analyst.

As individuals:

Danalyn MacKinnon, Barrister and Solicitor;

Mary Eberts, Barrister and Solicitor.

Six Nations of the Grand River:

William K. Montour, Chief;

Ava Hill, Councillor.

Chiefs of Ontario:

Angus Toulouse, Ontario Regional Chief.

Mohawk Council of Akwesasne:

Mike Mitchell, Grand Chief;

Julie Phillips-Jacobs, Chief;

Martha Lafrance, Justice Court Administrator.

Monday, May 31, 2010 (afternoon session)

Canadian Human Rights Commission:

David Langtry, Deputy Chief Commissioner;

Valerie Phillips, Counsel, Legal Advisory Services;

Sherri Helgason, Director, National Aboriginal Initiative.

Canadian Bar Association:

Christopher Devlin, Executive Member, National Aboriginal Law Section;

Gaylene Schellenberg, Lawyer, Legislation and Law Reform.

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada:

Line Paré, Director General, External Relations and Gender Issues Branch.

Department of Justice Canada:

Karl Jacques, Senior Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Janis G. Johnson, Chair

The Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Baker, P.C., Brazeau, *Cowan (or Tardif), Dyck, Kochhar, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mitchell, Nancy Ruth, Stratton

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

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

The Honourable Senator Stratton replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (May 31, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (May 31, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Dyck replaced the Honourable Senator Zimmer (May 31, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (May 28, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Zimmer replaced the Honourable Senator Dyck (May 27, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Dyck replaced the Honourable Senator Zimmer (May 13, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk replaced the Honourable Senator Stratton (May 11, 2010).