Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples
Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009
Chair: The Honourable GERRY ST. GERMAIN, P.C.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Issue No. 22
Thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth meetings on:
The federal government's constitutional, treaty, political and legal
responsibilities to First Nations,
Inuit and Metis peoples and on other matters generally relating to the
Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 1, 2009 (93K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 2, 2009 (63K)
WITNESSES:
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Métis National Council:
David Chartrand, Vice-President.
Métis Nation British Columbia:
Bruce Dumont, President.
Métis Nation — Saskatchewan:
Robert Doucette, President.
Métis Nation of Ontario:
Gary Lipinski, President.
Métis Nation of Alberta:
Audrey Poitras, President.
Assembly of First Nations:
Shawn Atleo, National Chief.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Manitoba Métis Federation:
Leah LaPlante, Vice-President.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Gerry St. Germain, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Nick G. Sibbeston, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:Brazeau, Campbell, Carstairs, P.C., *Cowan (or Tardif), Dyck, Hubley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Lovelace Nicholas, Merchant, Patterson, Raine, Stewart Olsen
* 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 Honourable Senator Merchant replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (December 2, 2009).