Youth Indigenize the Senate of Canada before the committee. As the inaugural event was focused on celebrating National Aboriginal Day in Canada, the Indigenous youth leaders shared their success stories with the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Andrea Andersen "Inuk from Makkovik, Nunatsiavut" Jacquelyn Cardinal "Nehiyaw from the Sucker Creek Cree First Nation on Treaty 8 Territory, Alberta" Perry Kootenhayoo "Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation, now lives in Edmonton" Modeste McKenzie "Dene Métis from La Ronge, Saskatchewan" Tiffany Monkman "Métis from Winnipeg, Manitoba" Jennifer O'Bomsawin "Wendat and Abenaki from Odanak, Quebec" Stephen Puskas "Inuk from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories" Holly Jane Sock "Mi'kmaq from Elsipogtog First Nation"
Memorial to the Victims of Communism – Canada, a Land of Refuge Territories and that a new design be chosen. On January 20, 2016, the National Capital Commission rescinded its previous approval for the Supreme Court of Canada site. As well, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) announced that it had discontinued its court case against the NCC which would have challenged its approval of the Supreme Court of Canada site stating: "The RAIC is delighted to be ending the legal proceedings and look forward to a more appropriate commemoration being proposed." An online survey asking Canadians their opinions on the proposed monument was opened by the federal government in February