Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Rt. Hon Brian Dickson

File contains opening remarks on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Rt. Hon Brian Dickson. Dickson speaks on the creation of the Commission, his appointment by Prime Minister Mulroney, the mandate, and composition of the Commission, which Dickson was largely entrusted with enacting. Dickson lists the seven Commission members and provides some biographical background data on them, as well as the importance of dialogue in establishing a new shared future for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The seven commissioners included three Non-Aboriginal and four Aboriginal representatives with sessions to be held across Canada.