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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Indigenous Peoples

Notice of Motion to Authorize Committee to Study How the Indian Residential School System Constitutes a Crime Against Humanity and a Genocide

October 31, 2024


Honourable senators, I give notice that, at the next sitting of the Senate, I will move:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples be authorized to examine and report on how the Indian Residential School system constitutes a crime against humanity and a genocide, pursuant to the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, S.C. 2000, c. 24, and Articles 6 and 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and in accordance with Article II of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and

That the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than June 26, 2025.

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