THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

EVIDENCE

OTTAWA, Monday, May 9, 2022

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples met with videoconference this day at 2:02 p.m. [ET], in camera, to examine the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and any other subject concerning Indigenous Peoples.

Senator Brian Francis (Chair) in the chair.

(The committee continued in camera.)

(The committee resumed in public.)

The Chair: Honourable senators, the meeting is now resumed in public, and I need a mover for the following motion:

Is it agreed that the following budget application examine the constitutional treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Métis people for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, be approved for submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration?

Senator Patterson: I so move.

The Chair: Thank you, Senator Patterson. Are there any objections? I declare the motion carried.

With that, thank you, honourable senators. I now declare this meeting adjourned.

(The committee adjourned.)