The folks over at ‘Crazy Bitches R Us’ are taking the view that, despite Sharon McIvor and others’ criticisms of it, Bill C-3 (a bill essentially proposing changes to the Indian Act that would remove some, but not all, of the sexist impediments to passing Indian Status on to one’s children) is better than the […]
The Native Women’s Association of Canada has released an open letter to MPs from Sharon McIvor opposing Bill C-3 (aka, the “Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act”): According to the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Bill C-3 will make about 45,000 people newly eligible for registration as Indians. But Bill […]
Now, if you’re like me, you occasionally find yourself needing to refer to every First Nations person’s favorite piece of legislation, the Indian Act. For many, it can be a bit of a slog to locate the Act in its most user-friendly form. So, to help make that task a little bit easier, we tracked […]
