Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13

Chair: The Honourable VERNON WHITE

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Issue No. 34

Thirty-fifth meeting on:

The federal government's constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples and other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada

Twenty-fourth meeting on:

Legal and political recognition of Métis identity in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings - March 19, 2013
• Minutes of Proceedings - March 20, 2013
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 19, 2013 (42K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 20, 2013 (55K)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Natalie Neville, Director, Quebec-Atlantic Team, Implementation Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government;

Kimberly Thompson, Director, Nunavut-Northwest Territories Team, Implementation Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government;

Janice Traynor, Senior Environmental Policy Analyst.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

As individuals:

The Honourable Gerry St. Germain, P.C., former senator;

Jean Barman, Professor Emeritus.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Vernon White, Chair

The Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Beyak, *Cowan (or Tardif), Demers, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Lovelace Nicholas, Meredith, Munson, Patterson, Raine, Seth, Sibbeston, Watt

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Meredith replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (March 20, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Meredith (March 20, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Meredith replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (March 19, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Sibbeston replaced the Honourable Senator Hubley (March 18, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (March 18, 2013).