Senator Anderson: Thank you. In the Northwest Territories, where 100% of our children in care are Indigenous, and in Canada, where we have overrepresentation of Indigenous children, my question to you is: Has there been any thought given to the risk that the passage of this bill would give additional grounds for the removal of Indigenous children from their homes and communities as well as potential grounds for criminalization of Indigenous parents?

Hon. Brian Francis, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, presented the following report:

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

The Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples has the honour to present its

ELEVENTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-45, An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another Act, has, in obedience to the order of reference of May 30, 2023, examined the said bill and now reports the same without amendment.

Respectfully submitted,

BRIAN FRANCIS

Chair