RIDR - Standing Committee

Human Rights

Past Session: Past Session:
39-1 39th Parliament, 1st Session (April 3, 2006 - September 14, 2007)
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Meeting Detail
Televised live on PTN
Monday, October 30, 2006
4:10 p.m. ET
Location: * Room 9, Victoria Building
Clerk: Vanessa Moss-Norbury (613) 993-4874
Examination of Canada’s international obligations in regards to the rights and freedoms of children
Witnesses
  • Thelma Gillespie, Representative (FUJA Unity)
  • Agnes Lee (As an individual)
  • Robert Marsh (As an individual)
  • Linda Youngson, Representative (FUJA Unity)
Examination of government follow up to report of the committee on Matrimonial Property on Reserve
Appearing
  • Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians (As an Individual)
Witnesses
  • Margaret Buist, Legal counsel (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
  • Sandra Ginnish, Director General, Treaties, Research, International and Gender Equality Branch (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
  • Wendy Grant-John, Ministerial Representative (As an individual)
  • Debra Hanuse, Director, Law and Legislation (Assembly of First Nations)
  • Beverley Jacobs, President (Native Women's Association of Canada)
  • Holly King, Acting Director, Women's issues & Gender Equality Directorate (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
  • Bob Watts, Chief of Staff (Assembly of First Nations)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription
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