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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable THELMA J. CHALIFOUX

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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
Wednesday, May 9, 2001

Issue No. 4

Third and fourth meetings on: Bill S-24, An Act to implement an agreement between the Mohawks of Kanesatake and Her Majesty in right of Canada respecting governance of certain lands by the Mohawks of Kanesatake and to amend an Act in consequence

INCLUDING:
THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-24)

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Third Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 8, 2001 (45K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 9, 2001 (62K)

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WITNESSES:

Tuesday, May 8, 2001

As an individual:

Pierre Goyette.

Wednesday, May 9, 2001

As individuals:

Ellen Gabriel;

Marie David.

From the Municipality of Oka:

Yvan Patry, Mayor;

Marie Daoust, Municipal Secretary-Treasurer.

From the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs:

Deborah Corber, Senior Negotiator.

From the Department of Justice:

Sylvia Cox-Duquette, Legal Counsel.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Thelma J. Chalifoux, Chair

The Honourable Janis G. Johnson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Carney, P.C.

* Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Christensen, Cochrane, Fraser, Gill, Hubley, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Pearson, Sibbeston, St. Germain, P.C., Tkachuk,

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C. (May 9, 2001).

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