Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19
Chair: The Honourable LILLIAN EVA DYCK
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Issue No. 57
Fourth (final) meeting:
Bill C-262, An Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Third (final) meeting:
Bill C-91, An Act respecting Indigenous languages
First (final) meeting:
Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families
INCLUDING:
THE TWENTIETH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-262, An Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)
THE TWENTY-FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-91, An Act respecting Indigenous languages)
THE TWENTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 11, 2019
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 12, 2019
- Twentieth Report of the Committee
- Twenty-first Report of the Committee
- Twenty-second Report of the Committee
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 11, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 12, 2019
WITNESSES
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Canadian Heritage:
Hélène Laurendeau, Deputy Minister;
Mélanie Théberge, Policy and Research Manager, Indigenous Languages Legislation, Citizenship, Heritage and Regions Sector;
Suzie Bérard, Counsel, Legal Services.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, Chair
The Honourable Scott Tannas, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Christmas, Coyle, *Day (or Mercer), Doyle, Francis, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), LaBoucane-Benson, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, McCallum, McInnis, Mercer, Mitchell, Ngo, Pate, Patterson, Saint-Germain, Sinclair, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Simons (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario) (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Simons replaced the Honourable Senator Pate (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Coyle replaced the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario) replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Simons (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne replaced the Honourable Senator Coyle (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Simons replaced the Honourable Senator Pate (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Doyle replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (June 12, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Doyle (June 10, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (June 10, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator McPhedran (June 10, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Francis replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (June 10, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Francis (June 10, 2019).
The Honourable Senator McPhedran replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (June 7, 2019).
The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (June 5, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (June 5, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (June 5, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Smith replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (June 5, 2019).