Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, presented the following report:

Thursday, June 16, 2022

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

FIFTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-10, An Act to give effect to the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement, to amend the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act and the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, has, in obedience to the order of reference of June 14, 2022, examined the said bill and now reports the same without amendment.

Respectfully submitted,

BRIAN FRANCIS

Chair

He said: Honourable senators, after the clerk at the table has read the report, I would like to request leave of the Senate to speak very briefly.

Honourable senators, I only intend to speak very briefly on behalf of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. The committee wishes to congratulate the Anishinabek Nation for concluding the historic Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement and the shíshálh Nation for leading the implementation of its first formal Indigenous self‑government agreement in Canada. The committee observed that it took 27 years to negotiate the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement, and urges the federal government to ensure continuity in negotiators and staff while supporting negotiation capacity in First Nations communities so that agreements are reached in a timely and efficient manner. Wela’lioq, thank you.