Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Civil Liberties and Rights of Indians in Ontario

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Civil Liberties and Rights of Indians in Ontario

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    • Select Committee on Civil Liberties and Rights of Indians in Ontario

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      Dates of existence

      1953-1954

      History

      Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was established April 2, 1953 and was chaired by the Hon. William A. Goodfellow, Minister of Public Welfare. It's report was issued March 19, 1954.

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      The Select Committee on Civil Liberties and Rights of Indians in Ontario investigated the status of native peoples in the province and the need for anti-discrimination legislation. The impetus for this action came in 1953 when the federal government introduced Bill 37, An Act to Amend the Indian Act.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly (1867-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA23

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

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      Ontario. Legislative Assembly controls Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Civil Liberties and Rights of Indians in Ontario

      Dates of relationship

      1953-1954

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      CA302

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Wayne Crockett