Continued Liberal delays to end sexist Indian status rules ‘baffling’ to Indigenous advocates

The Liberals have promised to fully remove sex discrimination from the Indian Act by the election, but advocate Shelagh Day says with no public plan and no official date, 'it’s still only a promise.' 
Carolyn Bennett
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett told Indigenous women's groups at a meeting on June 14 that the Liberals would bring in long-awaited provisions to fully remove sex discrimination in the Indian Act before the October election.
With days left on Canada’s deadline to answer an international body’s ruling that Canada address the government's ongoing discrimination against First Nations women, advocates say Canada should have more than an election promise for women who have been waiting year...

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