Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

Issue 2 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Tuesday, February 2, 2016:

The Honourable Senator Dyck moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Day:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples be authorized to examine and report on the federal government's constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples and on other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada; and

That the committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2017, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until 180 days after the tabling of the final report.

After debate,

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Charles Robert

Clerk of the Senate