The Chair presented the Sixth report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which reads as follows:
Your Subcommittee recommends:
That the Hon. Vic Toews, P.C., M.P., and the Hon. John Duncan, P.C., M.P., be invited to appear on May 5, 2011 on the review of the Main Estimates.
That the meetings of the month of April and of May 3 and 10, 2011, be dedicated to Bill C-575 and that the following witnesses be invited to appear:
-Auditor General of Canada
-Office of the Information Commissioner
-Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
-Canadian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and/or Chartered Accountants of Canada
-National Centre for First Nations Governance
-Canadian Bar Association
-Frontier Centre for Public Policy
-Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation
-Fraser Institute
-Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada
-Assembly of First Nations
-Quebec Native Women Inc.
-Atikamekw Nation Council
-Innu Nation
-The Algonquins Anishnabeg Nation
-Huron Wendat Nation Council
-Whitecap Dakota First Nation
-Muskeg Lake First Nation
-Membertou First Nation
-Makwa Lake First Nation
-Marcel Balfour, Norway House Cree Nation
-Leo Paul, Onion Lake First Nation
-Darlene Meguinis, Tsuu T'ina Nation
-Guy Lariviere, Canoe Lake First Nation
-Jo-Ann Nahanee, Squamish Nation
-Brian Smith, Glooscap First Nation
-Frank Dixon, Sechelt Indian Band
-Perry Bellegarde
-Felix Thomas
That clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-575 be scheduled for May 10, 2011.
That the Committee travel to Iqaluit for two days in June 2011 to present the report entitled “Northerners’ Perspectives for Prosperity” in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and to meet with various stakeholders to follow up on the implementation of the Nutrition North Canada Program.
That the Six Nations of the Grand River be invited to appear before the Committee for a two-hour meeting in May or June 2011, and that they be given time for a computer-assisted presentation on the review of the specific claims tribunal process.
That the Assembly of First Nations appear in May or June 2011 on the review of the specific claims tribunal process.
That the Committee ask Mr. Wernick, Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, to clarify his March 10, 2011, testimony.
That Mr. Dennis Bevington, M.P., be invited to appear a second time on Bill C-530, on Thursday, March 24, 2011.