Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on March 21st, 2013

Evidence of meeting #65 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was consultation.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) and to provide for its replacement

MPs speaking

Chris Warkentin
Jean Crowder
Greg Rickford
Carolyn Bennett
Ray Boughen
Jonathan Genest-Jourdain
Brent Rathgeber
Dennis Bevington
Rob Clarke
Kyle Seeback
Carol Hughes
Stella Ambler

Also speaking

Michèle Audette  President, Native Women's Association of Canada
Teresa Edwards  Director, International Affairs and Human Rights, Native Women's Association of Canada
Betty Ann Lavallée  National Chief, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

10:40 a.m.

Conservative

Stella Ambler Conservative Mississauga South, ON

Thank you very much.

10:40 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Chris Warkentin

Thank you.

We do want to thank our witnesses this morning. We appreciate your testimony and willingness to answer our questions.

Colleagues, we will suspend for just a couple of minutes, and then I do want to return to address a couple of items of committee business.

[Proceedings continue in camera]