Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Policy Network, vol. 15, no. 1, Spring, 2004, p. [?]
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Discusses the relationship between the federal government and First Nations leaders regarding the needs of First Nations communities, and looks at the First Nations Financial Institutions Bill that was opposed by the majority of chiefs, but approved by the Martin Government.
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Bill introduced to comply with Court's decision in Descheneaux et al., v. Canada (Attorney General), which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Court case involved eligibility for Indian Status.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 30, no. 3, 2018, pp. 371-397
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Argues that prostitution has played a fundamental role in securing the necessary domination over Indigenous peoples and land in the making of the Canadian nation-state. Focuses on four examples: early settlement in British Columbia; the Indian Act; the Pass System; and Vancouver's missing women.
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.
Discussion of 8 cases:
R. v. O'Connor, 1995
John Doe v. Bennett, 2004
Gardypie v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
H.L. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
Cloud v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
Blackwater v. Plint2005
E.B. v. Order of the [Roman Catholic] Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia,2005
Canada (Attorney General) v. Fontaine, 2017