Indigenous Peoples

Thursday, May 28, 2026

The Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples has the honour to present its

SIXTH REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, to examine and report on the Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders events, respectfully requests funds for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.

Pursuant to Chapter 3:05, section 1(1)(c) of the Senate Administrative Rules, the budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that committee are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

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STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Examine and report on the Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders events

APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2027

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, October 7, 2025:

The Honourable Senator Greenwood moved, for the Honourable Senator Audette, seconded by the Honourable Senator Loffreda:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples be authorized to examine and report on the Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders events;

That the papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples as part of its study on the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and any other subject concerning Indigenous Peoples during the First Session of the Forty-fourth Parliament be referred to the committee;

That the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than December 31, 2027, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report; and

That the committee be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit its reports on this study with the Clerk of the Senate if the Senate is not then sitting, and that the reports be deemed to have been tabled in the Senate.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

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SUMMARY OF BUDGET

The above budget was approved by the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.

The undersigned or an alternate will be in attendance on the date that this budget is considered.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION GENERAL ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE SPECIAL STUDY

Pursuant to Chapter 3:05, section 1(1)(c) of the Senate Administrative Rules.

Expenses for fiscal year 2022-2023 — $11,650

Expenses for fiscal year 2023-2024 — $8,850

Expenses for fiscal year 2024-2025 — $26,850

Expenses for fiscal year 2026-2027 — $26,250

Estimate of the total cost of the special study — $73,600

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APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT

Thursday, May 28, 2026

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined the budget tabled to it by the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, for the purpose of examining and reporting on emerging issues related to its mandate, as authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. The approved budget is as follows:

SUMMARY OF BUDGET

Respectfully submitted,