Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with you about the character of the Indian Act. As a settler, an identity that I acknowledge, I feel a sense of shame that we are still working on this, that it is occupying the time of Parliament, and that it is occupying the time of Parliament to drop a thimbleful here

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with your suggestion. I've been a litigator for 40 years now and counting, and often appearing in court against the Government of Canada in cases where the construction of the equality guarantees in the charter is at issue. I can tell you that the Government of Canada h

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with Dr. Palmater virtually entirely, and would add this: If the amendment amounting to making everyone a 6(1)(a) is challenged, my own view is that it's highly arguable that such an amendment is valid because the title of the act, and therefore the purpose of the act, i

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much for inviting me. I also offer thanks to the Algonquin Nation, which hosts all of us on its territory. I have been counsel in many cases where women or women and their children have sought to challenge the denial of status under the Indian Act. I have also ma

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Members of the committee, I would like to draw your attention, in my four minutes, to two major things this legislation has totally overlooked. The first is the history of the Indian Act. I agree with my friend that legislation like the Indian Act demeans and devalu