Feds assembling Indigenous advisory team ahead of Indian Act reform

Consultations on how to remove gender discrimination following the passage of Bill S-3 have to begin by June 12.

In a recent report to Parliament, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says work has started to establish a group to lead the government through its consultations about removing gender discrimination from the Indian Act.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

May 23, 2018

The federal government is putting together an Indigenous advisory panel to help it navigate what are sure to be complicated discussions over how to remove gender discrimination from—and make broader changes to—the Indian Act. After the government compromised on

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