Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones (Quebec)

The Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones (SAA) is an agency of the government of Quebec. Its stated mission as of 2010 is to be the "primary agency responsible for ensuring communication and contact between Native peoples and the Government of Québec."[1]

The secretariat is guided by a set of fifteen principles approved by the National Assembly of Quebec and the Executive Council of Quebec in 1983. The first three principles read as follows:

The secretariat is overseen by the minister responsible for Native Affairs. The current minister is Geoffrey Kelley.

References

  1. Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones (home page, English version), Government of Quebec, accessed 30 September 2010.
  2. Mission and orientations of the Secrétariat, Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones, Government of Quebec, accessed 30 September 2010.
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