Mike Bossio at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On December 5th, 2016. See this statement in context.

December 5th, 2016 / 4:40 p.m.

Liberal

Mike Bossio Liberal Hastings—Lennox and Addington, ON

Minister, as always, we thank you for making yourself available many times in front of this committee. We really do appreciate it.

We've just heard from a number of witnesses. One of their chief recommendations was to make all indigenous peoples “6(1)(a) all the way”. That's how they phrased it. Eliminate all remaining gender discrimination by eliminating any differentiation and status between Indian women and their descendants and Indian men and their descendants born prior to April 17, 1985.

Can you provide your thoughts about why we can't immediately move in that direction?

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