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Minutes of Proceedings

43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 20
Thursday, February 25, 2021, 6:32 p.m. to 8:34 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Bob Bratina, Chair (Liberal)

• Hon. Larry Bagnell for Jaime Battiste (Liberal)
• Philip Lawrence for Arnold Viersen (Conservative)
• Brenda Shanahan for Lenore Zann (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Sara Fryer, Analyst
• Olivier Leblanc-Laurendeau, Analyst
As an individual
• Gérard Duhaime, Professor, Université Laval
Eat Well Saskatchewan
• Carrie Verishagen, Director
First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study
• Lynn Barwin
• Malek Batal
• Laurie Chan
• Tonio Sadik
• Constantine Tikhonov
Nutrition North Canada Advisory Board
• Nellie Cournoyea, Chairperson
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, November 26, 2020, the committee resumed its study of food security in northern communities.

Laurie Chan, Malek Batal, and Tonio Sadik made statements and answered questions.

At 7:14 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:21 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Gérard Duhaime and Carrie Verishagen made statements and answered questions.

At 8:01 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 8:09 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

It was agreed, — That, the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure meet in camera on Thursday, March 4, 2021, to provide instructions to the clerk and analysts for a work plan in relation to the committee's study of the subject matter of Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; and that prioritized witness lists, including contact information, be submitted to the clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study of the subject matter of Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to make related and consequential amendments to other acts; and that, if the Bill is referred to the committee, all evidence and documentation received in public in relation to the subject-matter study of the Bill be deemed received by the committee in the context of its study of the Bill pursuant to that order of reference.

It was agreed, — That, briefs submitted to the committee in relation to the study of food security in northern communities be no longer than 2,000 words and be accepted until Friday, March 12, 2021 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.

At 8:34 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Naaman Sugrue
Clerk of the Committee