Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on Jan. 31st, 2013

[Carolyn Bennett, Liberal, St. Paul's, ON]

Thanks very much.

[The Chair, Conservative, Chris Warkentin]

Thank you.

This meeting is adjourned, but recall that we do have the informal meeting with our friends from the Northwest Territories here shortly.

Thanks to our witnesses. You're free to go.

I think there's a question here from Mr. Bevington.

[Dennis Bevington, NDP, Western Arctic, NT]

Just in terms of witnesses, I've had requests from some of the NWT groups, specifically the grand chief of the Dehcho. He's going to be here, actually, for this meeting today, but he'd be willing to participate as a witness, through a teleconference, if possible, next week.

[The Chair, Conservative, Chris Warkentin]

Submit that information to the clerk, as we asked.

[Dennis Bevington, NDP, Western Arctic, NT]

I am doing it right now. The clerk is sitting here, so....

[The Chair, Conservative, Chris Warkentin]

No, no. Get some information to the clerk and we'll proceed with that.

[Dennis Bevington, NDP, Western Arctic, NT]

Yes, well, the clerk can actually speak to the grand chief. My understanding is that he's on the list of people to be here.

[The Chair, Conservative, Chris Warkentin]

Sure. We can do that, Dennis. I'm just saying that this maybe isn't the time that we need to discuss that.

Thank you, colleagues—

[Dennis Bevington, NDP, Western Arctic, NT]

Well, it's germane to the conduct of our business on this....

Mr. Chair, I'm curious. You're not willing to discuss this when we just talked about the timetable for the conduct of this particular bill. Why wouldn't you want to hear this now?

[The Chair, Conservative, Chris Warkentin]

We haven't moved into committee business, Dennis. You know the process. I appreciate it.

[Dennis Bevington, NDP, Western Arctic, NT]

And you're—

[The Chair, Conservative, Chris Warkentin]

The meeting is adjourned.