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, May 1, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Issue No. 16

Fourth meeting on:

Legal and political recognition of Métis identity in Canada

and

First meeting on:

Bill S-8, An Act respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings - May 1, 2012
• Minutes of Proceedings - May 2, 2012
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 1, 2012 (80K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 2, 2012 (103K)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Gail Mitchell, Director General, Community Infrastructure Branch;

Karl Carisse, Senior Director, Innovation and Major Policy Transformation, Community Infrastructure Branch.

Department of Justice Canada:

Paul Salembier, General Counsel, Operations and Programs.

Health Canada:

Shelagh Jane Woods, Director General, Primary Health Care and Public Health Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch;

Ivy Chan, Director, Environmental Public Health Division, Primary Health Care and Public Health, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

As individuals:

Jean Teillet, Lawyer, Pape Salter Teillet;

Jason T. Madden, Lawyer, JTM Law.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

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

The Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, Deputy Chair

and

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

*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 Brazeau replaced the Honourable Senator White (April 25, 2012).