Although Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has made progress in areas regarding empowerment, education, economic development, specific land claims, and reconciliation, governance and self-government, the issues of leadership selection, Indian Government Support programs, and registration and membership are issues the government intends to work on incrementally in 2008-09.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-31
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Concludes that band councils cannot exclude off-reserve members from receiving their fair share of any per capita distribution of money.
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