It would be our view, and certainly my personal view during my 15 years as a family law practitioner, that the system being proposed in S-2 would be similar, as it affords the same rights for off-reserve people, which is access, in the absence of development of their own matrimonial real property regime in a first nations community, to provincial and territorial courts after the one-year transition period, which would be similar to others seeking recourse. The problem still is, do first nations women living on reserve have access to provincial and territorial courts?
