| REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
has the honour to table its
FIRST REPORT
Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to rule 104(2), that the expenses incurred for that purpose during the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament are as follows:
1. With respect to its studies of legislation:
Professional and Other Services:
$ 2,728
Transport and
Communications: 0
All other expenditures: 0
Witness Expenses: 1,251
Total: $ 3,979
2. With respect to its special study on the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples and on other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada:
Professional and Other
Services: $ 12,700
Transport and Communications: 57,367
All other expenditures: 28
Witness Expenses: 5,060
Total: $ 75,155
In addition to the expenses for the examination of legislation and for its special study as set out above, your committee also incurred general postal charges in the amount of $85.
Your committee examined 3 bills, which it reported without amendment:
Bill C‑30, An Act to establish the Specific Claims Tribunal and to make consequential amendments to other Acts; Bill C-34, An Act to give effect to the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts; and Bill C-292, An Act to implement the Kelowna Accord.
During the session under consideration, your committee considered 6 orders of reference, including 3 bills, held 25 meetings, and heard more than 38 hours of testimony from 70 witnesses. In total, your committee produced 7 reports.
Respectfully submitted,
GERRY ST. GERMAIN, P.C.
Chair