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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
Indigenous Peoples – December 10, 2025
CPAC broadcasts all televised committee meetings from Parliament's upper house, the Senate, as senators meet on various committees to examine legislation through discussions, presentations, expert panels and more.
Indigenous Peoples – December 9, 2025
Indigenous Peoples – November 19, 2025
Indigenous Peoples – November 18, 2025
Indigenous Peoples – November 5, 2025
Indigenous Peoples – November 4, 2025
Indigenous Peoples – October 29, 2025
Indigenous Peoples – October 28, 2025
Indigenous Peoples – October 22, 2025
The committee continues its consideration of Bill S-2, an Act to amend the Indian Act, regarding new registration entitlements. Appearing as witnesses are Sarah Rose (Director of Operations, Chief and Council, St. Mary's First Nation), Kateri Coade (Executive Director, Mi’kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island), Justin Milne (Legal Counsel, Mi’kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island), Kyra Wilson (Grand Chief, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs), Pierre Picard (Grand Chief, Council of the Wendat Nation), Simon Picard (Director, Direction of legal services, Council of the Wendat Nation), Darcy Bear (Chief, Whitecap Dakota Nation) and Alyson Bear (General Legal Counsel).
Indigenous Peoples – October 21, 2025
The committee continues its consideration of Bill S-2, an Act to amend the Indian Act regarding new registration entitlements. Appearing as witnesses are Sharon McIvor (Member, Indian Act Sex Discrimination Working Group), Jeannette Corbiere Lavell (Citizenship Commissioner, Anishnawbek Nation), George Mackenzie (National Chief, Dene Nation), Leanne Goose (Director of Communications and Engagement, Data Governance, Dene Nation) and Dawn Lavell-Harvard (Director, First Peoples House of Learning, Trent University).
Indigenous Peoples – October 8, 2025
The committee continues its consideration of Bill S-2, an Act to amend the Indian Act regarding new registration entitlements. Appearing as witnesses are Brandy Callihoo (Director, Michel Callihoo Nation Society), Mélanie Savard (Representative, The Children of Aataentsic), Zoë Craig-Sparrow (VP, Justice for Girls), David Schulze (Partner, Dionne Schulze Law Firm) and Cheryl Simon (Assistant Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University).
Indigenous Peoples – October 7, 2025
The committee continues its consideration of Bill S-2, an Act to amend the Indian Act regarding new registration entitlements. Appearing as witnesses are Marjolaine Étienne (President, Quebec Native Women), Madeleine Redfern (Interim CEO, Native Women’s Association of Canada), Dawn McDonald (Executive Director, Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association), Shelagh Day (Chair, Human Rights Committee, Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action) and Pamela Palmater (Chair in Indigenous Governance, Toronto Metropolitan University).
Indigenous Peoples – October 1, 2025
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak briefs the committee that continues its consideration of Bill S-2, an Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements). National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Chief Marilyn Slett, Shannin Metatawabin and Mary Eberts each made a statement and, with Julie McGregor, answered questions. Appearing as witnesses are Julie McGregor (Acting Chief of Staff, Assembly of First Nations), Marilyn Slett (Secretary-Treasurer and Elected Chief of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs), Shannin Metatawabin (CEO, National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association), Garrison Settee (Grand Chief, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc.), and Brennan Manoakeesick (Director of Intergovernmental Relations, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc.)
Indigenous Peoples – September 24, 2025
The committee starts its consideration of Bill S-2, an Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements). Appearing as witnesses from Indigenous Services Canada are Gina Wilson (Deputy Minister), Catherine Lappe (Assistant Deputy Minister, Services to Individuals Sector), Lori Doran (Director General, Individual Affairs Branch, Services to Individuals Sector) and Stuart Hooft (Director, Individual Affairs Branch, Services to Individuals Sector). Also appearing as a witness from the Justice Canada is Jean-Charles Lebeau (Legal Counsel, Operations and Programs Section, CIRNA/ISC Legal Services).
Indigenous Peoples – December 3, 2024
Indigenous Peoples – November 27, 2024
Indigenous Peoples – November 26, 2024
Indigenous Peoples – November 20, 2024
Indigenous Peoples – November 19, 2024
Indigenous Peoples – October 30, 2024 (2 of 2)
Senators meet to examine the constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Appearing as witnesses are Justin Langan, Ethan Paul, Brett Recollet, and Crystal Starr Lewis (as individuals).
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