Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

Issue 24 - Minutes of Proceedings - June 13, 2017

OTTAWA, Tuesday, June 13, 2017
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples met this day at 9:04 a.m., in room 160-S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Christmas, Doyle, Dyck, Enverga, Manning, McPhedran, Mégie, Pate, Patterson, Tannas and Watt (11).

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, December 15, 2016, the committee continued its study on the new relationship between Canada and First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 16.)

WITNESSES:

As an individual:

Dalee Sambo Dorough, Associate Professor, Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee):

Paul Joffe, Legal Counsel.

The chair made a statement

Ms. Dorough and Mr. Joffe each made a statement and answered questions

At 10:12 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 10:19 a.m., the committee resumed.

At 11:25 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mark Palmer
Clerk of the Committee