EXHIBITSMake sure to visit the exhibit booths in Ballroom A.

Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy

BC Aboriginal Child Care Society

BC Achievement Foundation/ Indigenous Business Awards

BC First Nations Forestry Council

BC First Nations Gaming Revenue Sharing Limited Partnership

British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society

Canadian Red Cross

Ch’nook Indigenous Business Education / UBC Sauder School of Business

Emergency Management BC and PreparedBC

First Nations Education Steering Committee

First Nations’ Emergency Services Society

First Nations Energy and Mining Council

First Nations Public Service Secretariat

First Nations Technology Council

First Peoples’ Cultural Council

Indigenous Business and Investment Council

Indigenous Tourism BC

Indigenous Youth Internship Program

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology (Regional Programs and Engagement Branch)

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Moose Hide Campaign

New Relationship Trust

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology

TELUS

WorkBC

firstnationsleadersgathering.gov.bc.ca

BC Cabinet and First Nations Leaders’ Gathering

November 5-6, 2019Vancouver Convention Centre West

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Joint welcome from the Province of British Columbia and the First Nations Leadership Council

It is our great pleasure to welcome all delegates to the 6th annual

B.C. Cabinet & First Nations Leaders’ Gathering held on the territories

of the Xʷməθkʷəy ̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and

səl ̓ilwətaʔɬ/sel ̓ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.

The Gathering is organized in partnership between the First Nations

Leadership Council and the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and

Reconciliation.

The Gathering offers numerous opportunities for First Nations leaders

to meet with B.C. Cabinet Ministers and ministry executive on issues

of importance to your communities, and to build relationships with

leaders from other communities.

Reconciliation is a cross-government priority. This gathering offers us

all face-to-face opportunities to continue on the path towards building

a fair, just and equitable partnership where we are working together

to advance respectful government-to-government relationships that

support reconciliation and self-determination.

AGENDA

Tuesday, November 5, 2019TIME SESSION ROOM

7:00am – 5:00pm Registration Open Level 1 Foyer

8:00am – 5:00pm Exhibit Booths Open Ballroom A

7:30am – 8:30am BREAKFAST Ballroom A

8:30am – 8:40am Welcome RemarksMC: Harold TarbellWELCOME: səl̓ilwətaʔɬ/sel̓ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation

Ballroom B

8:40am – 9:00am Opening Remarks• Honourable John Horgan, Premier, Province of British Columbia• Cheryl Casimer (?aq‡smaknik pi¢ak pa‡kiy), First Nations Summit• Chief Don Tom (Kwul’thut’stun), Vice-President, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs• Regional Chief Terry Teegee (Maxweeum Tsimghee), British Columbia Assembly of

First Nations

Ballroom B

9:00am – 10:20am PLENARY SESSION #1 – Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ActPanel to be introduced by Kukpi7 Judy Wilson on behalf of the First Nations Leadership Council

• Honourable Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation• Honourable Carole James, Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier• Honourable Melanie Mark, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training• Honourable Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development• Honourable David Eby, Q.C., Attorney General of British Columbia

Ballroom B

10:20am – 10:30am BREAK — Transition to One-On-One Meetings (refreshments served) Ballroom A

10:30am – 12:05pm ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS Multiple Rooms

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Monday, November 4, 2019TIME SESSION ROOM

2:00pm – 7:00pm Delegate Registration Level 1 Foyer

9:00am – 12:00pm Dialogue on the Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in British ColumbiaPresented by the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, University of British Columbia

Room 109 - 110

1:00pm – 4:00pm B.C. Chiefs Caucus Room 109 – 110

5:30pm – 7:30pm Welcome ReceptionHosted by the Business Council of British Columbia and the BC Federation of Labour

WELCOME: Xwməθkwəy’ əm (Musqueam) Nation

Ballroom D

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019TIME SESSION ROOM

10:30am – 11:15am BREAKOUT SESSION #1 – Revitalization of Indigenous Languages• Grand Chief Edward John (Akile Ch’oh), Co-Chair, UNESCO IYIL2019

Steering Committee• Tracey Herbert, Chief Executive Officer, First Peoples’ Cultural Council• Chief Dr. Ronald E. Ignace, B.C. Representative on the Assembly of

First Nations Chiefs Committee on Languages • Khelsilem, Councillor, S,ḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation • Edōsdi (Dr. Judy Thompson), Director, Tahltan Reclamation

Department, Tahltan Central Government and Associate Professor, Indigenous Education, University of Victoria

Ballroom B

11:15am – 12:00pm BREAKOUT SESSION #2 – Update on Shared Territories and Overlaps Forum• Lydia Hwitsum, First Nations Summit Political Executive/First Nations

Leadership Council • Debra Hanuse, Senior Policy Analyst (First Nations Summit, First

Nations Leadership Council)• Legal Advisor, First Nations Leadership Council

Ballroom B

12:00pm – 1:00pm LUNCH Ballroom A

1:00pm Deadline for One-on-One Meeting Requests Level 1 Foyer

1:00pm – 5:00pm ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS Multiple Rooms

1:00pm – 1:45pm BREAKOUT SESSION #3 – Taking Action on Climate Change• Honourable George Heyman, Minister of Environment and

Climate Change Strategy• Grand Chief Stewart Phillip (ʔaʔsiwɬ), President, Union of British

Columbia Indian Chiefs• Chief Patrick Michell, Kanaka Bar Indian Band • Chief Leah George-Wilson, Tsleil-Waututh Nation • Kathryn Teneese, Chair, Ktunaxa Nation Council

Ballroom B

1:45pm – 2:30pm BREAKOUT SESSION #4 – Emergency Management and Emergency Program Act (EPA) Modernization• Honourable Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and

Solicitor General • Lori Halls, Deputy Minister, Emergency Management BC, Ministry of

Public Safety and Solicitor General • Chief Don Tom (Kwul’thut’stun), Vice-President, Union of British

Columbia Indian Chiefs• Chief Maureen Chapman, Skawahlook First Nation • Feddie Louie, Director, Tahltan Emergency Operations Centre • Brent Langlois, Executive Director, First Nations Emergency

Services Society

Ballroom B

2:30pm – 2:45pm BREAK (refreshments served) Ballroom A

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019TIME SESSION ROOM

2:45pm – 3:30pm BREAKOUT SESSION #5 – Update on BC First Nations Education• Tyrone McNeil, President, First Nations Education Steering Committee• Debbie Jeffrey, Executive Director, First Nations Education

Steering Committee

Ballroom B

3:30pm – 4:15pm BREAKOUT SESSION #6 – Calls to Justice and Path Forward Sessions•Rachel Holmes, Executive Lead, Strategic Public Safety Initiatives,

Office of the Deputy Solicitor General• Elaine Alec, Partner, Alderhill Planning • Chastity Davis, Chair, Minister’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Women

Ballroom B

4:15pm – 4:45pm BREAKOUT SESSION #7 – Childcare BC: Working Together to Build Inclusive Early Learning and Childcare• Honourable Katrina Chen, Minister of State for Child Care • Mary Teegee, President, BC Aboriginal Child Care Society

Ballroom B

5:00pm END OF DAY

Wednesday, November 6, 2019TIME SESSION ROOM

7:30am – 3:00pm Registration Open Level 1 Foyer

8:00am – 4:00pm Exhibit Booths Open Ballroom A

7:30am – 8:30am BREAKFAST Ballroom A

8:30am – 8:40am Welcome RemarksMC: Harold TarbellWELCOME: Sk-wx-wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation

Ballroom B

8:40am – 10:00am PLENARY SESSION #2 – Progress on Rights Recognition and Self-Determination Government-to-Government Process: Aquaculture in the Broughton Archipelago

• Honourable Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture • Bob Chamberlin• David Kiemele, Managing Director, Cermaq Canada

Protecting the Sacred Headwaters: Klappan Plan

• Honourable Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation• Honourable Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource

Operations and Rural Development• President Chad Day, Tahltan Central Government

Affordable, Sustainable, Safe and Secure Housing

• Honourable Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Acting Minister of Citizens’ Services

• Chief Dan George, Chair, First Nations Housing & Infrastructure Council of British Columbia

Ballroom B

10:00am – 10:10am BREAK - Transition to One-on-One Meetings (refreshments served) Ballroom A

Wednesday, November 6, 201910:10am – 12:30pm ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS Multiple Rooms

10:15am – 11:00am BREAKOUT SESSION #8 – Gaming Revenue Sharing• Jay Johnson, First Nations Gaming Commission • Michael Bonshor, Board Co-Chair, BC First Nations Gaming Revenue

Sharing Limited Partnership

Ballroom B

11:00am – 12:30pm YOUTH CAUCUS Room 118

11:00am – 12:00pm BREAKOUT SESSION #9 – Economic Development and Inclusive Small Business Sector • Regional Chief Terry Teegee (Maxweeum Tsimghee), British Columbia

Assembly of First Nations • Greg D’Avignon, President and CEO, Business Council of British Columbia

• Fazil Mihlar, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology• Aaron Sumexheltza, Chair, Indigenous Business & Investment Council• Leanna Kemp, Executive Director, Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce• Sue Adams, BC Small Business Roundtable

Ballroom B

12:00pm – 12:30pm BREAKOUT SESSION #10 – Accessibility Legislation• Honourable Shane Simpson, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction

• Neil Belanger (Maluu’m Amxsiwaa), Executive Director, British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society

Ballroom B

12:30pm – 1:30pm LUNCH Report out from Youth Caucus

Ballroom A

Closing Remarks • Honourable Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation• Robert Phillips, First Nations Summit • Regional Chief Terry Teegee (Maxweeum Tsimghee), British Columbia Assembly of

First Nations • Grand Chief Stewart Phillip (ʔaʔsiwɬ), President, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Ballroom B

1:30pm – 1:40pm Transition to One-on-One Meetings

1:40pm – 4:00pm ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS Multiple Rooms

4:00pm END OF DAY

BUSINESS CENTRE

Located in the Exhibitor area of Ballroom A, the Business Centre is available to all delegates and includes computer and printer access.

NOVEMBER 5 8:00am - 4:00pm 

NOVEMBER 6 8:00am - 2:00pm

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PREMIER AND CABINET MINISTERS

HON. HARRY BAINSMinister of Labour

MLA for Surrey-Newton

HON. KATRINE CONROYMinister of Children and

Family DevelopmentMLA for Kootenay West 

HON. GEORGE CHOWMinister of State for Trade

MLA for Vancouver- Fraserview 

HON. DOUG DONALDSON

Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource

Operations and Rural Development

MLA for Stikine

HON. KATRINA CHENMinister of State for

Child CareMLA for Burnaby-Lougheed

HON. ADRIAN DIXMinister of Health

MLA for Vancouver- Kingsway

HON. LISA BEAREMinister of Tourism,

Arts and CultureMLA for Maple Ridge-

Pitt Meadows

HON. JUDY DARCYMinister of Mental Health

and AddictionsMLA for New Westminster

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HON. DAVID EBY, Q.C.Attorney General

MLA for Vancouver- Point Grey

HON. GEORGE HEYMANMinister of Environment

and Climate Change Strategy

MLA for Vancouver- Fairview

HON. SCOTT FRASERMinister of Indigenous

Relations and Reconciliation

MLA for Mid Island- Pacific Rim

HON. MELANIE MARKMinister of Advanced Education, Skills and

TrainingMLA for Vancouver-

Mount Pleasant

HON. ROB FLEMINGMinister of Education

MLA for Victoria-Swan Lake

HON. CAROLE JAMESMinister of Finance

and Deputy PremierMLA for Victoria-

Beacon Hill

HON. MIKE FARNWORTH

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General

Government House LeaderMLA for Port Coquitlam

HON. JOHN HORGANPremier and President of

the Executive CouncilMLA for Langford-

Juan de Fuca

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HON. LANA POPHAMMinister of AgricultureMLA for Saanich South

HON. MICHELLE MUNGALL

Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

MLA for Nelson-Creston

HON. SHANE SIMPSONMinister of Social

Development and Poverty Reduction

MLA for Vancouver-Hastings 

HON. SELINA ROBINSONMinister of Municipal Affairs and Housing,

and Acting Minister of Citizens’ Services

MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville 

HON. BRUCE RALSTONMinister of Jobs, Trade

and TechnologyMLA for Surrey-Whalley

HON. CLAIRE TREVENAMinister of Transportation

and InfrastructureMLA for North Island 

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MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER TABLE ASSIGNMENTS

1 HON. CAROLE JAMESMinister of Finance and Deputy Premier

2 LORI WANAMAKERDeputy Minister, Ministry of Finance

3 BC CAUCUS

4 BC CAUCUS

5 BC CAUCUS

6 BC CAUCUS

7 BC CAUCUS

8 OKENGE YUMA MORISHODeputy Minister, PublicService Agency

9 HON. LISA BEAREMinister of Tourism, Arts and Culture

10 ANNE KANGParliamentary Secretary forSeniors and Multiculturalism

11 HON. BRUCE RALSTONMinister of Jobs, Trade and Technology

12 HON. SHANE SIMPSONMinister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction

13 MABLE ELMOREParliamentary Secretary for Poverty Reduction

14 BC CAUCUS

15 WES SHOEMAKERDeputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture

16 HON. LANA POPHAMMinister of Agriculture

17 MITZI DEANParliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity

18 BC CAUCUS

19 KEVIN JARDINEAssociate DeputyMinister, EnvironmentalAssessment Office

20 SHANNON BASKERVILLEDeputy Minister, Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training

21 BOBBI PLECAS Deputy Minister,Intergovernmental RelationsSecretariat, Office of the Premier

22 HON. GEORGE CHOWMinister of State for Trade

23 SHAUNA BROUWERDeputy Minister, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture

24 RAVI KAHLONParliamentary Secretaryfor Forests, Lands, NaturalResource Operations andRural Development

25 FAZIL MIHLARDeputy Minister, Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology

26 RICK GLUMACParliamentary Secretary for Technology

27 DAVID GALBRAITHDeputy Minister, Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction

28 MARK SIEBENDeputy Solicitor General, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

29 HON. MIKE FARNWORTHMinister of Public Safety and Solicitor General

30 BC CAUCUS

31 HON. SELINA ROBINSONMinister of Municipal Affairsand Housing, and ActingMinister of Citizens’ Services

32 KAYE KRISHNADeputy Minister, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

33 HON. MELANIE MARKMinister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training

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MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER TABLE ASSIGNMENTS

34 MARK ZACHARIASDeputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

35 HON. GEORGE HEYMANMinister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

36 HON. HARRY BAINSMinister of Labour

37 TREVOR HUGHESDeputy Minister, Ministry of Labour

38 BC CAUCUS

39 HON. JUDY DARCYMinister of Mental Health and Addictions

40 NEILANE MAYHEWDeputy Minister, Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions

41 LORI HALLSDeputy Minister, Emergency Management BC, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

42 BOWINN MAParliamentary Secretary for TransLink

43 GRANT MAINDeputy Minister, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

44 ALLISON BONDDeputy Minister, Ministry of Children and Family Development

45 DAVE NIKOLEJSINDeputy Minister, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

46 HON. DAVID EBY, Q.C.Attorney General of British Columbia

47 RICHARD FYFEDeputy Attorney General, Ministry of Attorney General

48 SCOTT MACDONALDDeputy Minister, Ministry of Education

49 HON. ROB FLEMINGMinister of Education

50 JOHN ALLANDeputy Minister, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

51 DOUG CAULDeputy Minister, Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

52 HON. ADRIAN DIXMinister of Health

53 JILL KOTDeputy Minister, Ministry of Citizens’ Services

54 SHEILA MALCOLMSONParliamentary Secretaryfor Environment

55 JENNIFER RICEParliamentary Secretary for Emergency Preparedness

56 HON. CLAIRE TREVENAMinister of Transportation and Infrastructure

57 HON. KATRINA CHENMinister of State for Child Care

58 HON. KATRINE CONROYMinister of Children and Family Development

59 HON. MICHELLE MUNGALLMinister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

60 HON. DOUG DONALDSONMinister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

61 HON. SCOTT FRASERMinister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

62 STEPHEN BROWNDeputy Minister, Ministry of Health

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