Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12
Chair: The Honourable GERRY ST. GERMAIN, P.C.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Issue No. 14
Twenty-third and twenty-fourth 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
(The Métis in Canada)
and
First meeting on:
Evolving legal and political recognition of the collective identity and rights of the Métis in Canada
INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-6)
- Order of Reference
- The Fourth Report
- Minutes of Proceedings - March 14, 2012
- Minutes of Proceedings - March 27, 2012
- Minutes of Proceedings - March 28, 2012
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 14, 2012 (4K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 27, 2012 (67K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 28, 2012 (69K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:
Elizabeth Tromp, Assistant Deputy Minister, Office of the Federal Interlocutor;
Diane Robinson, Director, Aboriginal Relations, Office of the Federal Interlocutor;
Michael Nadler, Director General, Negotiations East.
Department of Justice Canada:
Peggy Stone, General Counsel and Director.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Statistics Canada:
Jane Badets, Director General, Census Subject Matter, Social and Demographic Statistics;
François Nault, Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division;
Cathy Connors, Assistant Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division.
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada:
James Sutherland, Acting Director General, Aboriginal Affairs Directorate, Skills and Employment Branch.
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, Campbell, *Cowan (or Tardif), Demers, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Lovelace Nicholas, Meredith, Munson, Patterson, Raine, Sibbeston
*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 Sibbeston replaced the Honourable Senator Watt (March 15, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Watt replaced the Honourable Senator Sibbeston (March 14, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Watt (March 8, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Brazeau replaced the Honourable Senator White (March 8, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (March 8, 2012).