Senators, Indigenous activists frustrated by feds’ silence on Bill S-3

The amendment to remove sex discrimination is still under study by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, and the legislation hasn’t returned to the Senate floor.

Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran, left, (pictured with Liberal Senator Sandra Lovelace Nicholas) and Liberal Senator Lillian Dyck, not pictured, have both spoken to Sen. Peter Harder, the government's representative in the Senate, about Bill S-3 since returning from the summer break. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

October 11, 2017

The government is reviewing new information on the potential implications of fully removing sex discrimination from the Indian Act, but Indigenous activists reaching out to cabinet to offer their own contributions said they’re not being taken up on their offer. “We wish to offer you the benefit...

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