Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on May 29th, 2023

Evidence of meeting #67 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 services.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Main Estimates 2023-24: Vote 1 under Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Votes 1, 5, 10 and L15 under Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Votes 1, 5 and 10 under Department of Indigenous Services

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Paula Isaak Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Audrée Dallaire

Valerie Gideon Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Indigenous Services

Gina Wilson Deputy Minister, Department of Indigenous Services

5:45 p.m.

NDP

Lori Idlout NDP Nunavut, NU

Very quickly, maybe you can answer in the next round about these non-indigenous service providers. I've heard from many that it takes forever to get paid by non-insured health benefits. Some of them go into debt by thousands and thousands until they finally get paid by NIHB. If you'll recall, the indigenous and northern affairs committee studied the NIHB program, including the administration of it. We did receive a response, but I wonder if in the next round you could provide us with more information as to what happened after our report was tabled.

Qujannamiik.

5:45 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Jenica Atwin

We're out of time. If you could provide that in writing, that would be great. Thank you.

That's all the time we have for questions today. Thank you so much to the minister and her officials for joining us.

We will now move to vote. Pursuant to Standing Orders 81(4) and (5), the committee is considering the main estimates for 2023-24.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), the committee will now consider the main estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.

We have two options, committee members. We can vote on the allocations together in one motion, or we can vote on each of them separately.

Do I have unanimous consent to vote the main estimates in one motion?

5:45 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:45 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Jenica Atwin

That's great.

Shall vote 1 under the Canadian High Arctic Research Station, votes 1, 5, 10 and L15 under the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, and votes 1, 5 and 10 under the Department of Indigenous Services, less the amounts voted in the interim supply, carry?

CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC RESEARCH STATION

Vote 1—Program expenditures...........$29,961,393

(Vote 1 agreed to on division)

DEPARTMENT OF CROWN-INDIGENOUS RELATIONS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS

Vote 1—Operating expenditures...........$4,246,075,402

Vote 5—Capital expenditures...........$140,000

Vote 10—Grants and contributions...........$4,851,166,848

Vote L15—Loans to Indigenous claimants...........$25,903,000

(Votes 1, 5, 10 and L15 agreed to on division)

DEPARTMENT OF INDIGENOUS SERVICES

Vote 1—Operating expenditures...........$23,462,199,484

Vote 5—Capital expenditures...........$6,102,934

Vote 10—Grants and contributions...........$15,990,911,482

(Votes 1, 5 and 10 agreed to on division)

Shall I report the main estimates of 2023-24 as amended, less the amounts voted in the interim supply, to the House?

5:45 p.m.

Some hon. members

On division.

5:45 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Jenica Atwin

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, May 31. We will continue our study on land restitution and consider our draft of the indigenous languages report, which was distributed on May 19, 2023.

The meeting is adjourned.