Indigenous Peoples
Study on the Federal Government’s Responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples--Committee Authorized to Study Government Response to Twelfth Report of the Committee Tabled During First Session of Forty-fourth Parliament and Refer Papers and Evidence from Previous Session to Current Session
October 7, 2025
For Senator Audette, pursuant to notice of October 2, 2025, moved:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples be authorized to examine and report on the government response, dated March 21, 2024, to the committee’s twelfth report (interim), entitled On the Outside Looking In: The Implementation of theCannabis Actand its Effects on Indigenous Peoples, tabled in the Senate on June 14, 2023, during the First Session of the Forty-fourth Parliament;
That the papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the committee on this subject during the First Session of the Forty-fourth Parliament be referred to the committee; and
That the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than December 31, 2026, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report.
Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
(Motion agreed to.)
