THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES
ORDER OF REFERENCE
Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, May 4, 2021:
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Patterson moved, for the Honourable Senator Christmas, seconded by the Honourable Senator Plett:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples be authorized to examine and report on the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples and any other subject concerning Aboriginal Peoples;
That the documents received, evidence heard and business accomplished by the committee since the beginning of the First Session of the Forty-second Parliament be referred to the committee; and
That the committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2021, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Gérald Lafrenière
Interim Clerk of the Senate