Time to eliminate gender discrimination in Indian registration, First Nation women deserve equality

It would be hypocritical not to apply the same principles of justice and fairness to First Nations women as was done for Omar Khadr.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Oct. 2, 2016 on Parliament Hill at a vigil for murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. The government wants to remove the Senate amendment from Bill S-3, which will allow the continuation of sex discrimination in the registration sections of Indian Act, writes Sen. Lillian Dyck. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY LIBERAL SENATOR LILLIAN DYCK

August 7, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—I have been following with great interest the government’s decision to award Omar Khadr $10.5-million in compensation and in particular Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's statements defending the decision. I invite the prime minister to use the same reasoning, principles, and values...

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