Second-generation cutoff needs its own bill, co-developed with First Nations
Senate amendments on Bill S-2 should not be accepted as a solution for all communities. Don’t impose a one-parent rule when First Nations should have the power to enact their own laws on status and band membership.
Bill S-2, which amends the Indian Act to address new registration entitlements, has been amended by the Senate to eliminate the second-generation cutoff of Indian status and replace it with a one-parent rule. The second-generation cutoff, now 40 years after it was enacted, h...
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