Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

Second Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable THELMA J. CHALIFOUX

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Issue No. 20

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, and study of the impact on Bill C-6 of the recent Supreme Court decision recognizing the Metis People as a distinct Aboriginal Nation

WITNESSES:

From the Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-status Indians:

Mr. Allan MacDonald, Director.

From the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development:

Ms. Audrey Stewart, Director General, Specific Claims;

Mr. Robert Winogron, Senior Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Thelma J. Chalifoux, Chair

The Honourable Janis G. Johnson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

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

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)