Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

Second Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable THELMA J. CHALIFOUX

Tuesday, October 7, 2003

Issue No. 23

Fourth 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

WITNESS:

As an individual:

Peter W. Hutchins, Attorney-at-Law, Hutchins, Soroka & Dionne.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Thelma J. Chalifoux, Chair

The Honourable Janis G. Johnson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Carney, P.C., *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Chaput, Gill, Hubley, Léger, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Pearson, Phalen, Sibbeston, Stratton, 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 Phalen substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Austin (October 7, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Christensen (October 6, 2003).