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John Aldag

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 9, 2023
Context: Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments (INAN) - Nov/9/23
The Chair (Mr. John Aldag (Cloverdale—Langley City, Lib.))
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Good afternoon, colleagues. I call this meeting to order. Welcome to the 83rd meeting of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs. Pursuant to the Standing Orders, today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format. For those participating virtually, you have the choice of choosing the language that you'll be following—French, English or Inuktitut. In the room here, we'll turn mikes on and off. Those joining us online will need to mute and unmute themselves as needed. Now that we're in session, photos and screenshots are not allowed. Before we head out at the end of today or tomorrow when people are travelling home for Remembrance Day, I once again want to remind members that all amendments, including subamendments, must be submitted in writing and sent to our committee clerk. Our established deadline is November 29. If you wish to propose amendments, you can involve the legislative counsel, Alexandra Schorah, with your written instructions. She'll ensure that amendments are drafted in the proper legal format. We have two panels today. We have resources until 5:35 p.m., at which time we will have to end this. That should help us manage our time accordingly. We'll go through our first opening statements, rounds of questions, suspend briefly, bring in the second panel, go through it and then adjourn for the weekend. In our first panel, we have Mr. Tony Belcourt. He is in person. We also have Solomon Sanderson, consultant, and Danette Starblanket, assistant professor with the University of Regina. They are both online. Welcome to everybody. We'll get right into your opening statements. Mr. Belcourt, before I turn to you for your five-minute opening statement, I will mention that I have a card system. When there are 30 seconds left on the clock, I'll show the yellow card. When time is up, I'll show the red card. Don't stop mid-sentence. Just wind up your thoughts so that we can move on to the next person and the next round of questions. The time goes by quickly. There's a lot of material to fit into our rounds, but we try to get as much out as we can. Mr. Belcourt, when you're ready, please proceed.
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The Chair
  • 03:42:38 p.m.
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Thank you so much for your opening statement. Ms. Starblanket, we'll go to you next. So that our colleagues know, we've had a connection problem with Mr. Sanderson. He is working on trying to join. When he gets in.... He did his sound quality test yesterday, but we'll need to suspend for a brief moment to make sure today's quality is good. We are hoping he'll be in any moment now. While we're waiting, Ms. Starblanket, I'll go to you for your five-minute opening statement.
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The Chair
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Thank you so much for your opening statement, and I apologize for having to interrupt there. We look forward to continuing the discussion. Colleagues, we're going to suspend briefly. Mr. Sanderson has been able to join. We just need to do a brief sound check with our clerk and the interpreters to make sure that everything is good today. We'll resume as quickly as we can, but for the moment, we're suspended.
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The Chair
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We're just getting back into session here. You have the floor now, Mr. Sanderson, if you'd like to go forward with your five-minute opening statement. I was explaining to the other witnesses that I'll give a yellow card when there are 30 seconds left. If you see me with a red card then you're out of time. Try to wind up at that point, but don't stop mid-sentence. I'll give you a little bit of extra time if you need it, but we want to get into our rounds of questions. When you're ready to start, I'll start the clock for your five minutes.
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The Chair
  • 03:57:52 p.m.
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Mr. Sanderson, I apologize for interrupting. We're at the end of the five minutes. If there's a concluding statement you'd like to make, please do so. Then we're going to need to move into our rounds of questions.
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The Chair
  • 03:58:23 p.m.
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Thank you so much. We're going to go right into our first rounds of questions. They're six minutes each. First, I have Mr. Schmale for six minutes.
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The Chair
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I'm just going to pause your clock for a second. Mr. Sanderson, you're not muted, so I just want to see if you can mute. Perfect. I'll start the clock again for you, Mr. Schmale.
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The Chair
  • 04:04:17 p.m.
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Mr. Sanderson, if you can unmute yourself now....
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The Chair
  • 04:06:58 p.m.
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Mr. Sanderson, we're going to need to stop here. We're a bit over the time, and we do need to get to the next witness. Thank you so much. Ms. Atwin, you're next with six minutes. Mr. Sanderson, you might want to mute yourself again until we get going. Thank you.
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The Chair
  • 04:13:01 p.m.
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Thank you. We're going to go next to Madame Gill. I expect that the question may be in French. If you're English and you're not bilingual, if you need to select another language, you can do that on your controls. Madame Gill, whenever you're ready, the floor is yours for six minutes.
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The Chair
  • 04:14:27 p.m.
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I'll stop the clock here.
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The Chair
  • 04:21:31 p.m.
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I'm sorry. I'm going to have to jump in. We're at the end of the six minutes, and I have another person waiting. We need to jump now to Ms. Idlout. When you're ready, the floor is yours for six minutes.
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