This bill was last introduced in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2019.
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Indian Act to provide new entitlements to registration in the Indian Register in response to the decision in Descheneaux c. Canada (Procureur général) that was rendered by the Superior Court of Quebec on August 3, 2015, and to provide that the persons who become so entitled also have the right to have their name entered in a Band List maintained by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. This enactment requires the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs to initiate consultations on issues related to registration and band membership and to conduct reviews on sex-based inequities under the Indian Act, and to report to Parliament on those activities.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
The House resumed from June 20 consideration of Bill S-3, an act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration), as reported (with amendment) from the committee, and of the motions in Group No. 1.
The Speaker Geoff Regan
Pursuant to order made on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions on the motions at report stage of Bill S-3.
The question is on Motion No.2. A negative vote on Motion No. 2 necessitates the question being put on Motion No. 3.
(The House divided on Motion No. 2. which was negatived on the following division:)
The Speaker Geoff Regan
I declare Motion No. 2 defeated
The next question is on Motion No. 3.
Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
(The House divided on Motion No. 3, which was negatived on the following division:)
(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)
The Speaker Geoff Regan
I declare Motion No. 4 defeated.
The next question is on the main motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
(Bill S-3. On the Order: Government Orders:)
June 20, 2017--Third Reading of Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration)--the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
(Bill read the third time and passed)
(Bill C-25. On the Order: Government Orders:)
June 20, 2017--Third Reading of Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, and the Competition Act--the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development.
(Bill read the third time and passed)