‘I thought it was a top priority’: Senator Audette and advocates decry feds’ Bill S-2 stalling

Despite Senate amendments to the legislation, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says the government won't address the second-generation cutoff in the Indian Act without broad consultation. But advocate Zoë Craig-Sparrow says ‘you cannot consult on a genocide.’

Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says consultation is still needed on expanding the government’s bill addressing discrimination in the Indian Act, which could affect as many as 300,000 people, despite a majority of First Nations supporting Bill S-2, as amended by the Senate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

March 18, 2026

Senator and Bill S-2 sponsor Michèle Audette says the government is using a “tactic to delay” its own bill addressing discrimination in the India...

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