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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 10
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
The
Subcommittee on Children and Youth at Risk of the Standing Committee on Human
Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities met at 3:25
p.m. this day, in Room 536, Wellington Building, the Chair, John Godfrey,
presiding.
Members of the
Subcommittee present:
Sébastien Gagnon, John Godfrey, Wendy Lill and Larry Spencer.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament:
Julie Cool, Research Officer.
Witnesses: From the BC Federation of
Aboriginal Foster Parents: Leslie Nelson, Community Coordinator. From
the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada: Cindy
Blackstock, Executive Director. From the Mother Bear Consulting:
Virginia Blackplume, Assistant Executive Director.
Pursuant to Standing Order
108(2) and its Order of Reference from the Standing Committee on Human
Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (See
Minutes of Proceedings of Tuesday, November 5, 2002, Meeting No. 1), the
Subcommittee resumed its study on aboriginal children from 0 to 12 years living
in urban areas.
The witnesses made
statements and answered questions.
At 4:22 p.m., the Subcommittee
adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Jeremy LeBlanc
Committee Clerk