Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12
Chair: The Honourable GERRY ST. GERMAIN, P.C.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Issue No. 11
Twentieth and twenty-first 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 (Status of the British Columbia Treaty Process) (Additions to Reserves)
and
First meeting on:
Bill S-6, An Act respecting the election and term of office of chiefs and councillors of certain First Nations and the composition of council of those First Nations
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 14, 2012 (95K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 15, 2012 (112K)
APPEARING
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Honourable John Duncan, P.C., M.P., Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
WITNESSES
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Treaty Land Entitlement Committee of Manitoba Inc.:
Nelson Genaille, President;
Chief Wilfred McKay Jr., Member.
Peguis First Nation:
Nathan McCorrister, Executive Director;
Michael Sutherland, Councillor.
National Aboriginal Lands Managers Association:
Leona Irons, Executive Director;
Gino Clement, Chairman;
Gordon Bluesky, Director.
First Nations Lands Advisory Board:
Chief Robert Louie, Chair.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:
Brenda Kustra, Director General, Governance Branch, Regional Operations Sector;
Department of Justice Canada:
Tom Vincent, Counsel.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Gerry St. Germain, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Ataullahjan, Brazeau, *Cowan (or Tardif), Demers, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Lovelace Nicholas, Meredith, Munson, Patterson, Raine, Sibbeston, Watt
*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 Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (February 15, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (February 15, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Watt replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (February 14, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (February 14, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (February 13, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (February 13, 2012).