Evidence of meeting #3 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chiefs.
A recording is available from Parliament.
November 19th, 2013 / 12:30 p.m.
Conservative
Rob Clarke Conservative Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK
The grassroots band members don't elect you; the chiefs elect you. Is that correct?
Grand Chief, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
That's correct.
Conservative
Rob Clarke Conservative Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK
Going back to 2009, with regard to the consultation process, did the AMC receive any funding, and if so, how much funding was provided for the consultations?
Grand Chief, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
The AMC received band contribution agreements that allowed a flow-through of federal dollars to help the process. I can't speak specifically to the amounts today; I don't have that information.
Conservative
Rob Clarke Conservative Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK
Was that filtered down to the bands' grassroots members or was that held in trust by the AMC at the meetings or during the spring at the regional meetings taking place at the AMC?
Grand Chief, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
The regional meetings would have been funded by the federal government.
Conservative
Rob Clarke Conservative Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK
Would the bands be able to get that funding so they could do the proper consultations at the grassroots level?
Grand Chief, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
I can't speak to that; I don't know the flow and I don't have that information directly in front of me.
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Chris Warkentin
Thank you very much, Grand Chiefs. We appreciate your coming in today and making your time available, also for coming prepared to answer questions with regard to this legislation.
Colleagues, we'll now suspend this meeting and we'll do some committee business after we return.
[Proceedings continue in camera]