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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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Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Issue No. 15

Third 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

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (83K)

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WITNESSES:

From the Assembly of First Nations:

Bill Erasmus, Regional Chief;

Rolland Pangowish, Director Lands and Treaties Unit;

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

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The Honourable Senators:

Austin, P.C., Carney, P.C., *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Chaput, Christensen, Forrestall, Gill, Léger, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Pearson, Sibbeston, Stratton, 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 Forrestall substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Johnson (May 12, 2003).

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