HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

EVIDENCE

Standing Committee
on

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT

Chairman: Raymond Bonin, Lib.

Meeting No. 29

Tuesday, March 4, 1997

ORDER OF THE DAY:

Bill C-79, an Act to permit certain modifications in the application of the Indian Act to bands that desire them

APPEARING:

Hon. Ron Irwin, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

WITNESSES:

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development:

Al Broughton, Legal Counsel;

Gordon Shanks, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Strategic Directions.