Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on June 14th, 2022

Evidence of meeting #26 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 44th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was communities.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Arctic Sovereignty, Security and Emergency Preparedness of Indigenous Peoples

MPs speaking

Marc Garneau
Arnold Viersen
Jenica Atwin
Marilène Gill
Lori Idlout
Martin Shields
Patrick Weiler
Jamie Schmale
Michael McLeod
Marcus Powlowski

Also speaking

Christian Leuprecht  Professor, Royal Military College of Canada, As an Individual
Calvin Aivgak Pedersen  Volunteer, Kugluktuk Search and Rescue, As an Individual
Shelley Cardinal  Director, Indigenous Relations, Canadian Red Cross
Sarah Sargent  Vice-President, Programs, Emergency Management, Canadian Red Cross
Shane Thompson  Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs and Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories

June 14th, 2022 / 5:25 p.m.

Liberal

Michael McLeod Liberal Northwest Territories, NT

Thank you.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau

Thank you very much.

This brings us to the end of our panel.

On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank Minister Thompson. Thank you very much for being with us this afternoon and patiently answering all our questions, especially the difficult ones from Mr. McLeod.

5:25 p.m.

Voices

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5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau

We're delighted that you were able to join us today. Unfortunately, we couldn't get Chief Martel, but you've provided some very valuable input to our study. Thank you very much.

The meeting is adjourned.