Arnold Viersen

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

October 31, 2023

Context: Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments (INAN) - Oct/31/23

Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)

05:34:44 p.m.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the witnesses for being here. I'm going to go to Mr. Desjarlais first. What do you think this bill puts in place? It's not necessarily clear to me. There seems to be several levels of government. You have a treaty partner. On the indigenous side, you have the AFN, and then you may have something down to, say, a community association. The Government of Canada wants to enter into a relationship with a number of bodies across the country here. Where would you peg Bill C-53, placing the Métis Nation of Alberta, for example, in that hierarchy of self-government?

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C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan, to give effect to treaties with those governments and to make consequential amendments to oth

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Context: Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments (INAN) - Oct/31/23

Mr. Arnold Viersen

05:36:16 p.m.
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I'm not sure if it was you or David who mentioned the AFN. Would this bill be creating a Métis AFN idea? Would that be your understanding of the bill? Then, I guess, there are all the interesting things around the AFN's role in governance in Canada as well. Do you want to comment on that a bit, Greg?

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Context: Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments (INAN) - Oct/31/23

Mr. Arnold Viersen

05:37:13 p.m.
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Would you say that this bill could be putting in place a Métis-level AFN, essentially? Is that your intuition on this?

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Context: Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments (INAN) - Oct/31/23

Mr. Arnold Viersen

05:37:33 p.m.
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David, I think it was you who mentioned the AFN. Do you just want to elaborate a little on that?

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Context: Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments (INAN) - Oct/31/23

Mr. Arnold Viersen

05:37:58 p.m.
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I was just wondering what the temperature is like up in your part of the world. What is the general mode of heating your homes in your communities?

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Context: Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments (INAN) - Oct/31/23

Mr. Arnold Viersen

05:38:43 p.m.
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I'm just wondering if you have a carbon tax exemption and if you would be interested in that up in your part of the world. Voices: Oh, oh! A voice: That's a great question.

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