Evidence of meeting #35 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 national.
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Liberal
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NDP
Lori Idlout NDP Nunavut, NU
[Member spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:]
Thank you.
I would like a response of either yes or no. Do you think it's important to have an elder representative on this national council?
[English]
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President, Indigenous Women of the Wabanaki Territories
Yes.
Did you get that?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
If I understood the question, it is this: Do you think that there should be an elder on this council?
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Lead, Treaty Education, Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey
Yes, I think it's important to include elders and knowledge-keepers.
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President, Northwest Territory Métis Nation
Yes, I think “elders” is the key word. It's not just “an elder”. We have to have elders, even from the Northwest Territories.
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Liberal
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NDP
Lori Idlout NDP Nunavut, NU
[Member spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:]
Thank you. I have no further questions. I thank everyone for the responses they gave.
[English]
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
Thank you very much, Ms. Idlout.
This brings our panel to a close.
I'd like to thank Ms. Stanovich, Ms. Prosper, Ms. Sulliman and Mr. Bailey for giving up their time today to answer our questions and for making their opening statements on this very important piece of proposed legislation. We appreciate their candour in answering our many questions.
With that, this panel is suspended.
I have one quick question for the committee. I should point out to the committee that we'll be holding an additional witness meeting on Bill C-29 next Monday, deferring clause-by-clause study to the following session on Thursday, November 3, because we want to hear from the transitional committee. We haven't heard from their members, and they were very much involved in helping to produce the legislation.
Consequently, I'm looking for unanimous consent from the members to amend the deadline for submitting amendments from this Friday at 4 p.m. to next Tuesday, November 1, at noon. This will allow us to hear from witnesses on Monday and give us a day before we submit those amendments.
Do I have unanimous consent?
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The Clerk
Yes, sir, you do. There is unanimous consent around the table.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
That's excellent.
Perhaps a question we'll bring up at our next meeting is when we'd like to get the amendments back from the legislative clerk so we can all have a bit of time to look at who has proposed which amendments before the actual meeting. I'm sure that will be possible. We'll discuss that on Thursday.
With that, thank you very much to the committee members.
This meeting is now adjourned.