Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by the Hay River Chamber of Commerce

The file contains a presentation by Jim Ivens and Bill Gagnon of the Hay River Chamber of Commerce. President Ivens welcomes the Commission, discusses his organization's mandate, and introduces Bill Gagnon. Bill Gagnon then delivers a presentation discussing the Hay River business communities views on Aboriginal relations, self-governance, culture, cross-cultural understanding, economics, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal business, self-government and definitions of self-government, education, and general business issues. Following the presentation Commissioners Georges Erasmus and Paul Chartrand comment on and discuss some of the presentations contents with Ivens and Gagnon.