Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011

Chair: The Honourable GERRY ST. GERMAIN, P.C.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

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
(Issues concerning First Nations Education)

• Minutes of Proceedings - October 4, 2011
• Minutes of Proceedings - October 5, 2011
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 4, 2011 (87K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 5, 2011 (44K)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians:

Denise Stonefish, Acting Grand Chief;

Gina McGahey, Education Coordinator.

First Nation Education Initiative Inc.:

Bob Atwin, Executive Director.

Prince Albert Grand Council:

Keith Frame, Assistant Director of Education.

Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba:

James B. Wilson, Treaty Commissioner of Manitoba.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami:

Mary Simon, President.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Gerry St. Germain, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Ataullahjan, * Cowan (or Tardif), Demers, * LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Lovelace Nicholas, Meredith, Moore, Munson, Patterson, Raine, Sibbeston, Stratton

*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 Stratton replaced the Honourable Senator Brazeau (October 5, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Moore replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (September 30, 2011).