Evidence of meeting #16 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Make it at 11 o'clock so we don't take up the committee's time to set a meeting date.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Colin Mayes
Right. Well, maybe because there's a meeting right after this and we can't stay, we'll just advise the clerk to contact us and see if he can work something out on our calendars and get us together as soon as possible.
Madam Crowder.
NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
This is on another matter. When we were talking about the committee agenda for the next few weeks, we neglected to talk about estimates. The estimates have to be done by November 10, and I'm sure that most committee members would like an opportunity to examine the estimates. I know that's not in our schedule, because we didn't raise it.
On a second matter--and this is of an urgent nature--I wonder if we could ask the chair to write a letter to the minister on the matter of residential school survivors, because I think a number of us are getting letters saying that some people are not eligible for the early payment, the early $8,000, because of a lack of records. We believe that INAC is now saying, or the minister is now saying--I'm not sure who--that they are waiving some of the circumstances, but we haven't been able to confirm that. So I wonder if the chair could just send a letter to the minister to confirm that the early payment is coming to people with more relaxed standards than were initially allowed, because records were missing.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Colin Mayes
Would it be acceptable to refer that to the parliamentary secretary and have him report at the next meeting?
NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Sure, that would be fine. I think it's just a confirmation that this has changed.
Conservative
Conservative
