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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK

Monday, February 7, 2005

Issue No. 4

Second meeting on:

The Rights and Freedoms of Children

INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(On-Reserve Matrimonial Real Property: Still Waiting)

THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Additional funds for special study on Canada's international obligations in regard to the rights and freedoms of children)

THE SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget authorisation 2004-05 for special studies to review the machinery of government dealing with Canada's international and national human rights obligations; to examine the hiring and promotion practices of the Federal Public Service and to invite the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs to update the committee on actions taken concerning the recommendations contained in committee's report entitled ``A Hard Bed to lie in: Matrimonial Real Property on Reserve'')

WITNESSES:

University College of Cape Breton, Children's Rights Center:

Professor, Katherine Covell.

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada:

Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director.

Save the Children Canada:

Rita Karakas, Executive Director.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Chair

The Honourable Landon Pearson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Carstairs, P.C., Chaput, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Le Breton, Losier-Cool, Oliver, Pépin, Poy

*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 Pépin was added. (December 15, 2004).

The name of the Honourable Senator Chaput substituted for that of the Honouralbe Senator Ferretti Barth (February 7, 2005).

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