Ms. Cynthia Smith (Legal and Policy Analyst Coordinator, Quebec Native Women Inc.) at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Thank you.

I think what's very important to also keep in mind when you look at the Descheneaux case is to request that all gender-based discrimination be tackled. The thing is, with what you're bringing to the table with Bill S-3, you only go as far as 1951, but gender-based discrimination started way before that. I think this is something that is very important to keep in mind.