2018 - UPDATE 1: ELIMINATING INDIAN ACT DISCRIMINATION
Whereas #1 the National Council of Women of Canada asked the Government of Canada in 1974.1 that an Indian woman be granted the same status and rights as an Indian man; and
Whereas #2 some status rights for Indian women were given in 1985 and in 2010 through amendments to the Indian Act, but the right of a grandmother to pass her Indian status on to a grandchild, as a grandfather can, was not given; and
Whereas #3 the Government of Canada tabled new amendments (Bill S-3) in 2016 to correct sex-based inequities in the Indian Act, but the amendments are incomplete; therefore be it
Resolved #1 that the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) adopt as policy that all gender-based inequalities be eliminated from the Indian Act; and be it further
Resolved #2 that NCWC urge the Government of Canada to eliminate all gender-based inequalities in the Indian Act.