Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

Issue 27 - Minutes of Proceedings - October 17, 2017

OTTAWA, Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples met this day at 9:04 a.m., in room 160-S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boniface, Christmas, Doyle, Dyck, Enverga, Manning, McPhedran, Pate, Patterson and Raine (10).

In attendance: Brittany Collier and Sara Fryer, Analysts, 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, December 15, 2016, the committee continued its study on the new relationship between Canada and First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 16.)

WITNESS:

As an individual:

Val Napoleon, Law Foundation Chair of Aboriginal Justice and Governance and Director of Indigenous Law Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria.

The chair made a statement.

Ms. Napoleon made a statement and answered questions.

At 10:28 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mark Palmer

Clerk of the Committee