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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

Issue 36 - Minutes of Proceedings - March 28, 2018


OTTAWA, Wednesday, March 28, 2018
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples met this day at 6:45 p.m., in room 160-S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boniface, Doyle, Dyck, Lovelace Nicholas, McCallum, McPhedran, Ngo, Patterson, Raine and Tannas (10).

In attendance: Michael Chalupovitsch, Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, February 15, 2018, the committee continued its examination of the subject matter of Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts, insofar as it relates to the Indigenous peoples of Canada. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 33.)

WITNESSES:

Tsuut'ina Nation Police Service:

Steve Burton, Inspector, Criminal Investigative Psychologist.

As an individual:

The Honourable Senator Dennis Glen Patterson.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Burton and the Honourable Senator Patterson made statements and answered questions.

At 7:44 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 7:46 p.m., the committee resumed.

At 8:19 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 8:21 p.m., the committee, pursuant to rule 12-16(1(d), resumed in camera to consider a draft agenda (future business).

It was agreed that senators' staff be permitted to remain in the room during the in camera portion of the meeting.

It was agreed that the committee allow the transcription of the in camera portion of the meeting, that one copy be kept in the office of the clerk of the committee for consultation by committee members present or by the committee analysts; and that the transcript be destroyed by the clerk when authorized to do so by the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, but no later than at the end of this parliamentary session.

At 8:45 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mark Palmer
Clerk of the Committee

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