Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

Issue 12 - Minutes of Proceedings - March 24, 2015

OTTAWA, Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples met this day at 9:30 a.m., in room 160-S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable Dennis Glen Patterson, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Beyak, Dyck, Enverga, Ngo, Patterson, Raine and Tannas (7).

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, the committee continued its study on challenges relating to First Nations infrastructure on reserves. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 4.)

WITNESSES:

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Brian Pagan, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Karl Carisse, Senior Director, Strategic Policy, Planning and Innovation;

Andrew Beynon, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Lands and Economic Development;

Rob Harvey, Acting Director General, Corporate Accounting and Material Management.

Mr. Pagan and Mr. Beynon made a statement and, together with Mr. Carisse, answered questions.

At 11:30 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Marcy Zlotnick

Clerk of the Committee