Report to Parliament on the Design of a Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and Fist Nation Citizenship
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Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
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.