Bill was designed to remove sex-based discrimination in the provisions of the Indian Act. Discusses implementation of the Bill and unresolved, ongoing issues such as second-generation cut-off and the implications for registered population, age and marital status-based distinctions, implementation in urban areas, and unknown and unstated parentage policy.
Process to take place as a result of the decision in Descheneaux c. Canada (Procureur général) which ruled on sex-based inequities in Indian registration affecting first cousins and siblings that were carried forward in the 1985 and 2010 amendments to the Indian Act. Bill S-3, the government's response, extends entitlement to status to people omitted from historic list.