00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.850996 CaOODSP 20221107154305 cr ||||||||||| 180201s2006 onc #ob f100 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- R5-672/2006E-PDF Mann, Michelle M. Bill C-31 and First Nation membership [electronic resource] : Aboriginal Policy Research Conference pre-conference workshop : summary of collected papers / Summarized by Michelle Mann ; Managed and edited by Erik Anderson. Aboriginal Policy Research Conference pre-conference workshop : summary of collected papers [Ottawa?] : Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Strategic Research & Analysis Directorate, 2006. 80 p. "March 2006." Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. "The ramifications of Bill C-31 changes to the Indian Act in 1985 have been the source of numerous legal and policy challenges primarily involving Indian registration and band membership issues. Bill C-31 was intended to bring the Indian Act into conformity with the gender equality rights provided under s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and s. 35(4) of the Constitution Act, 1982. It was intended to address gender discrimination arising from previous provisions of the Indian Act, which stipulated that an Indian woman, who married a non-Indian man, lost her Indian registration, as did their children"--Introduction, p. 3. gccst Indians gccst Aboriginal rights gccst Government policy Anderson, Erik, 1966- Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. PDF 4.73 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/aanc-inac/R5-672-2006-eng.pdf