Evidence of meeting #115 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 nations.
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12:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
Ms. Phare, I'm afraid I'm going to have to get you to send that to the clerk.
12:15 p.m.
Lawyer, As an Individual
Okay. I'm not sure if I can do that, but I will see.... That's the context I wanted to provide, but if that's.... If you can't do that today, that's fine. I will explain—
12:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
Okay. Maybe if you could just explain the context, that might be helpful, actually.
12:15 p.m.
Lawyer, As an Individual
As I understand it, the AFN will be presenting to you later this week, and they will provide the general context of their support or information around the bill and will be, pursuant to that, providing potential amendments. I was merely providing suggested ways to improve the bill, given that the full content of the bill has been negotiated by a mandate provided by chiefs from across Canada through resolutions from the chiefs in assembly. That's what makes up the content of the bill, so I think it's best for AFN to provide any amendments, if there are any that are being proposed.
12:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
That's well understood, and so I would just share what you're comfortable sharing with the committee. In that regard, of course, we will be hearing from further representatives from the Assembly of First Nations as part of the study.
I want to thank you, as well as our other witnesses, for being here today.
With that, is there agreement to adjourn the meeting?
Mr. Schmale.
12:15 p.m.
Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
Thank you, Chair.
I just wanted to pick up where the discussion was on the motion. I know we passed a motion to suspend debate, but there did seem to be a willingness around the table to discuss my motion. I was just wondering if that interest is still in the room.
12:15 p.m.
Liberal
Jaime Battiste Liberal Sydney—Victoria, NS
The interest is not still in the room. I'm not hearing many first nations out there calling for more studies on them. I'm hearing talk about funding, talk about implementation of recommendations and treaty rights. No one is talking about more studies in the first nations communities I know.
I don't think he can bring it back up.
12:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
I'm afraid we're getting into debate here, but it appears that we don't have unanimous consent to bring it back up.
With that, do we have agreement to adjourn the meeting?
12:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
Yes.