John Aldag at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

I call this meeting to order.

I apologize for the late start. We had 10 votes in the House that were just concluded.

We are resuming meeting number 92 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, suspended on Monday, January 29, 2024.

We recognize that we meet on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe peoples.

The first order of business we have today before we return to our clause-by-clause is that Madam Gill, who was the second vice-chair of the committee, has been reassigned by her party, so we welcome Monsieur Sébastien Lemire, who was appointed a member of the committee on Monday, January 29, following the adoption of PROC report 56.

As such, the committee needs to elect a new second vice-chair. I'm going to now turn the proceedings over to the clerk, who will lead the election of our new second vice-chair.