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Notes prepared for the Honourable John C. Munro, P.C., M.P., Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development : Bill C-47, amendments to the Indian Act to end discrimination based on sex : Standing...: R5-573/1984-PDF

"As Committee Members know, there are sections of the Indian Act which clearly discriminate on the basis of sex. Section 12(1)(b) is the most notorious, depriving registered Indian women and consequently their children of status and band membership if they marry a non-Indian. At the same time, an Indian man who marries a non-Indian not only retains his status and band membership, but he confers status to his spouse and children under section 11(1)(f). The so-called "double mother" provision, section 12(1)(a)(iv), requires that persons whose mothers and paternal grandmothers were not status indians by birth will have their status removed by age 21"--p. [1].

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TitleNotes prepared for the Honourable John C. Munro, P.C., M.P., Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development : Bill C-47, amendments to the Indian Act to end discrimination based on sex : Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development, June 26, 1984, Ottawa, Ontario.
Variant title
  • Bill C-47, amendments to the Indian Act to end discrimination based on sex : Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development, June 26, 1984, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Statement by the Hon. John C. Munro, P.C. M.P., Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development : Bill C-47, amendments to the Indian Act to end discrimination based on sex : Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development, June 26, 1984, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Notes pour une allocution prononcée par l'Hon. John C. Munro, C.P., Député, Ministre des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien : Projet de Loi C-47, élimination des dispositions discriminatoires de la Loi sur les Indiens, Ottawa, le 26 juin 1984 : Comité permanent des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien
Publication typeMonograph
LanguageBilingual-[English | French]
FormatDigital text
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Parallel description[French]
Note(s)
  • "Speech no. 3-8407."
  • Title on added title page: Notes pour une allocution prononcée par l'Hon. John C. Munro, C.P., Député, Ministre des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien : Projet de Loi C-47, élimination des dispositions discriminatoires de la Loi sur les Indiens, Ottawa, le 26 juin 1984 : Comité permanent des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada].
  • Text in English and French with separate title pages, French text follows English text.
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  • Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1984.
Description11, 12 p.
Catalogue number
  • R5-573/1984-PDF
Departmental catalogue numberQS-6007-006-BB-A1
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