Framing the issues : discussion paper 1 : public hearings

"On April 21, 1992, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples launched its first round of public hearings in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Over the next ten weeks, travelling in three teams, Commissioners visited 36 locations, held 44 days of public hearings, and heard from some 850 individuals and organizations, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. The purpose of the discussion paper is to summarize what the Commission has heard during its hearings to date and to present examples of fundamental and specific questions that the Commission would like to have addressed more fully during the second round of hearings. This second round of hearings will be held between October and December 1992 in approximately 30 locations across Canada"--Intro., p. 1, 2.