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Past Session:

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44 th Parliament, 1 st Session

(November 22, 2021 - January 6, 2025)

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(May 26, 2025 - Present)

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(November 22, 2021 - January 6, 2025)

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(September 23, 2020 - August 15, 2021)

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(December 5, 2019 - August 18, 2020)

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(December 3, 2015 - September 11, 2019)

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(October 16, 2013 - August 2, 2015)

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(June 2, 2011 - September 13, 2013)

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(March 3, 2010 - March 26, 2011)

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(January 26, 2009 - December 30, 2009)

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(November 18, 2008 - December 4, 2008)

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(October 16, 2007 - September 7, 2008)

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(April 3, 2006 - September 14, 2007)

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(October 4, 2004 - November 28, 2005)

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(February 2, 2004 - May 23, 2004)

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(September 30, 2002 - November 12, 2003)

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(January 29, 2001 - September 16, 2002)

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(October 12, 1999 - October 22, 2000)

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(September 22, 1997 - September 18, 1999)

35 th Parliament

2 nd Session

(February 27, 1996 - April 27, 1997)

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(January 17, 1994 - February 2, 1996)

Meeting Detail

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

6:47 p.m. ET

Location: Room W110, 1 Wellington St., Ottawa ON, with videoconference

Clerk:

Mireille K. Aubé (343) 999-4713

Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023

Witnesses

Darlene Bess, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Officer Sector (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

Margaret Buist, Vice-President, Policy, Planning, Communications and Northern Projects Management Office (Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency)

Keith Conn, Assistant Deputy Minister, Lands and Economic Development (Indigenous Services Canada)

Garima Dwivedi, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Resolutions & Partnerships (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

Marc Geoffrion, Director General, Planning and Resource Management, Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Office Sector (Indigenous Services Canada)

Paula Hadden-Jokiel, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Regional Operations Sector (Indigenous Services Canada)

Kate Ledgerwood, Director General, Reconciliaton Secretariat, Policy and Strategic Direction (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

Georgina Lloyd, Director General, Implementation Branch (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

Chantal Marin-Comeau, Director General, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

Eric Marion, Director General, Fiscal Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

Stefan Matiation, Director General, Specific Claims Branch, Resolution and Partnerships (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

David Peckham, Assistant Deputy Minister, Education and Social Development Programs Sector and Partnerships Sector (Indigenous Services Canada)

Jessica Sultan, Director General, Economic Policy Development (Indigenous Services Canada)

Philippe Thompson, Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Officer (Indigenous Services Canada)

Wayne Walsh, Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)

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