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, June 20, 2012

Issue No. 22

Ninth meeting on:

Legal and political recognition of Métis identity in Canada

INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special Study Supplementary Budget 2012-2013 — Evolving legal and political recognition of the
collective identity and rights of the Métis in Canada)

and

INCLUDING:
THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(A Commitment Worth Preserving: Reviving the British Columbia Treaty Process)

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Seventh Report
• Eighth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (86K)

WITNESSES

Native Women's Association of Canada:

Elder Elize Hartley, Executive Council.

First Nations University of Canada:

Carrie Bourassa, Associate Professor, Inter-Disciplinary Programs.

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), * LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Lovelace Nicholas, Meredith, Munson, Patterson, Raine, Sibbeston, Wallace

*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 Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (June 20, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator White (June 15, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Watt (June 14, 2012).