Proceedings of the Special
Senate Committee on the Arctic
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable DENNIS GLEN PATTERSON
Monday, June 11, 2018
Issue No. 11
Tenth meeting:
Consider the significant and rapid changes to the Arctic, and impacts on original inhabitants
INCLUDING:
THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special Study Budget 2018-2019 - Changes in the Arctic)
WITNESSES
Government of Nunavut:
Virginia Mearns, Associate Deputy Minister, Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs (by video conference).
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations:
Steve Smith, Chief (by video conference).
North35 Capital Partners:
Clint Davis, Chief Executive Officer.
Qikiqtaaluk Corporation:
Sheldon Nimchuk, Director, Project Development and Partnerships.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Dennis Glen Patterson, Chair
The Honourable Patricia Bovey, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Coyle, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, Galvez, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Jaffer, Neufeld, Oh, Pate, *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 order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Bovey replaced the Honourable Senator Deacon (May 29, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (May 29, 2018).