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, February 4, 2019
Issue No. 20
Nineteenth meeting:
Consider the significant and rapid changes to the Arctic, and impacts on original inhabitants
APPEARING
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, P.C., M.P., Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations.
WITNESSES
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation:
Bernadette Dean, Chair;
Debbie Brisebois, Executive Director.
Taqqut Productions:
Neil Christopher, Producer and Director;
Nadia Mike, Producer.
Qaggiavuut!:
Rhoda Ungalaq, Chairperson;
Ellen Hamilton, Executive Director.
Akpik Theatre:
Reneltta Arluk, Artistic Director and Founder (by video conference).
Artcirq:
Guillaume Saladin, President, Acrobat, Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director;
Jimmy Awa Qamukaq, Vice President, Acrobat/Clown and Chief Coordinator at Igloolik.
Avataq Cultural Institute:
Rhoda Kokiapik, Executive Director.
Canada Council for the Arts:
Simon Brault, Director and Chief Executive Officer;
Steven Loft, Director.
Canadian Museum of History:
Karen Ryan, Curator, Northern Canada;
Matthew Betts, Curator, Eastern Archaeology;
Jean-Marc Blais, Director General.
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada:
Diane Lafleur, Associate Deputy Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations;
Daniel Watson, Deputy Minister;
Wayne Walsh, Director General, Northern Strategic Policy Branch;
Mark Hopkins, Director General, Natural Resources and Environment Branch, Northern Affairs;
Nancy Kearnan, Director General, Northern Governance Branch;
Marla Israel, Director General, Policy and Coordination.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Dennis Glen Patterson, Chair
The Honourable Patricia Bovey, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Boyer, Coyle, Dasko, Day, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Neufeld, Oh, *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 Boyer replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (December 3, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McCallum replaced the Honourable Senator Boyer (December 3, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Dasko was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Coyle was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Bovey was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Patterson was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Eaton was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Boyer was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Oh was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Day was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Eaton was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Oh was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Patterson was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Bovey was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Day was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Coyle was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Dasko was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Boyer was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Boyer replaced the Honourable Senator Galvez (November 20, 2018).