Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Quickly, the answer is that we have relied on the government's expert, Stewart Clatworthy, for the estimates there, and we haven't done any costing at all.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  First of all, this would take us beyond the Canadian Bar Association's formal position on this bill, so it's somewhat speculative. I think to undo the historic sex discrimination under the Indian Act would be a far larger task than this committee has been set. I think that was w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say two things. First, unlike the court of appeal, Parliament can cast its net somewhat wider than the narrow confines of the bill. To the extent that there is a distinction within the communities between people who have 6(2) status as opposed to 6(1) status, this amendme

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for your questions. We will take back your proposed amendment and think about it. On first blush, I suspect it's broader than what our proposed amendment would be for paragraph 6(1)(c.2). I think your amendment would start to address what everyone has been.... It is my

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You have our written submission. In English, our view is on the bottom of page 6. It seems to me that if the government knows—and it did for the last 25 years—that there was this residual discrimination, it means they've denied programming, education, whatever. Then why shouldn

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, and I'm with the aboriginal bar section, not the criminal bar section. I should add that I was counsel for one of the intervenors in the McIvor case as well, so I've been involved in this issue for a bit of time. The committee has the legislative summary before it that giv