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Ottawa can easily fix sex discrimination in the Indian Act – but we’re still waiting
Friday, May 24th, 2019
It only requires a cabinet decision to pass an order-in-council. Cabinet simply has to decide to bring into force the provisions that were included in the 2017 amendment at the insistence of the Senate. These provisions would finally entitle women and their descendants to full status on the same footing as their male counterparts, and at last remove the discrimination against the maternal line.
Tags: economy, ideology, Indigenous, rights, women
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