Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples
Issue 1 - Minutes of Proceedings - January 26, 2016
OTTAWA, Tuesday, January 26, 2016
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples met in camera this day at 10:09 a.m., in room 160-S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Beyak, Dyck, Enverga, Moore, Raine, Sibbeston and Tannas (7).
Other senator present: The Honourable Senator Watt (1).
In attendance: Alexandre Lavoie and Brittany Collier, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.
It was agreed that senators' staff be allowed to stay in the room.
Pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee considered a draft agenda (future business).
The Honourable Senator Moore moved:
That the committee adopt the draft first report, prepared in accordance with rule 12-26(2) and that the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be authorized to make necessary editorial revisions and approve the final text before tabling in the Senate.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Tannas moved:
That the chair be authorized to seek authority from the Senate for the following order of reference:
to examine and report 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.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
At 10:43 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Mark Palmer
Clerk of the committee