Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples host hearings on economic development
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples will be in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario during the last week of September, looking at various factors that hinder or contribute to successful business or economic development in aboriginal communities. The committee will hear testimony from various witnesses and experts. All sessions will be open to the public.
From their web site at http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/committee_Senhome.asp?Language=E&parl=39&Ses=1&comm_id=1
As part of their ongoing study on the conditions that foster or hinder successful economic development in aboriginal communities, the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples will be traveling to Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, during the week of September 25, 2006 to conduct a series of hearings in Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Thunder Bay.
- Tuesday, September 26, 2006: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Radisson Hotel Saskatoon, 405 20th Street East (Agenda);
- Wednesday, September 27, 2006: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Radisson Hotel, downtown Winnipeg, 288 Portage Avenue (Agenda);
- Thursday, September 28, 2006: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Valhalla Inn, 1 Valhalla Inn Road (Agenda)
For more details about the hearings, contact the committee clerk, Gaetane Lemay at 613-993-8968 or by e-mail at lemayg@sen.parl.gc.ca