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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

Second Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable THELMA J. CHALIFOUX

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Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Issue No. 13

First meeting on:
Bill C-6, An Act to establish the Canadian Centre for the Independent Resolution of First Nations Specific Claims to provide for the filing, negotiation and resolution of specific claims and to make related amendments to other Acts

INCLUDING:
THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Application for Budget Authorization for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2004)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Third Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (115K)

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WITNESSES

From the Assembly of First Nations:

Mr. Rolland Pangowish, Director, Lands and Treaties Unit;

Mr. Bryan Schwartz, 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:

Banks, Carney, P.C., *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Chaput, Eyton, Gill, Léger, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Pearson, Sibbeston, Tkachuk

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

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

The name of the Honourable Senator Eyton substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Stratton (April 30, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Christensen (April 28, 2003).

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