Advocate calls on Canada to remove sexism from Indian Act before MMIW inquiry
(Sharon McIvor, left, outlined her concerns at a press conference in Vancouver on Thursday. Photo: UBCIC) Cara…
(Sharon McIvor, left, outlined her concerns at a press conference in Vancouver on Thursday. Photo: UBCIC) Cara…
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Changes to the Indian Act were a hot topic in Ottawa Thursday.
Northern Saskatchewan Conservative MP Rob Clarke introduced a private members bill last year proposing changes to the Indian Act.
If Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets a delegation of First Nations chiefs in Ottawa Friday, he could face demands to scrap the Indian Act and to repeal his government’s omnibus budget bills, which have already passed into law.
First Nation band councils would no longer need majority community support to lease out parcels of reserve land under proposed changes to the Indian Act contained in the Harper government’s omnibus budget bill.