Liberals weighing new language to fix sexist Indian Act, says Sen. Sinclair

Senators say they won't budge on removing all grounds for gender discrimination through Bill S-3, as they wait to see in what form it will return. A Quebec court gave the government until late December to legislate a solution.

Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples chair Senator Lillian Dyck sits with then-third-party leader and Liberal MP Justin Trudeau in June 2015. Sen. Dyck is among a vocal group pushing back on the government's approach to Bill S-3, calling for the removal of all sex discrimination in the Indian Act. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

September 13, 2017

The government is likely working on new language to address sex discrimination in the Indian Act, to bring it in line with yet another court order and a Senate that may be unwilling to compromise on a bill that could fail a charter test, says one of the Senators advocating for changes to the bill. ...

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