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  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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A controversial court case over an amendment to the Indian Act stalled even as it got underway.

Federal Court Justice Frank Muldoon delayed proceedings over the constitutionality of Bill C-31 for two days Sept. 20 to give the plaintiff's new lawyers time to prepare.

Catherine Twinn, counsel of record for plaintiffs Senator Walter Twinn of the Sawridge Band, Wayne…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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A controversial court case over an amendment to the Indian Act stalled even as it got underway.

Federal Court Justice Frank Muldoon delayed proceedings over the constitutionality of Bill C-31 for two days Sept. 20 to give the plaintiff's new lawyers time to prepare.

Catherine Twinn, counsel of record for plaintiffs Senator Walter Twinn of the Sawridge Band, Wayne…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

Page 2

A controversial court case over an amendment to the Indian Act stalled even as it got underway.

Federal Court Justice Frank Muldoon delayed proceedings over the constitutionality of Bill C-31 for two days Sept. 20 to give the plaintiff's new lawyers time to prepare.

Catherine Twinn, counsel of record for plaintiffs Senator Walter Twinn of the Sawridge Band, Wayne…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

Page 2

A controversial court case over an amendment to the Indian Act stalled even as it got underway.

Federal Court Justice Frank Muldoon delayed proceedings over the constitutionality of Bill C-31 for two days Sept. 20 to give the plaintiff's new lawyers time to prepare.

Catherine Twinn, counsel of record for plaintiffs Senator Walter Twinn of the Sawridge Band, Wayne…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

Page 2

A controversial court case over an amendment to the Indian Act stalled even as it got underway.

Federal Court Justice Frank Muldoon delayed proceedings over the constitutionality of Bill C-31 for two days Sept. 20 to give the plaintiff's new lawyers time to prepare.

Catherine Twinn, counsel of record for plaintiffs Senator Walter Twinn of the Sawridge Band, Wayne…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

Page 2

A controversial court case over an amendment to the Indian Act stalled even as it got underway.

Federal Court Justice Frank Muldoon delayed proceedings over the constitutionality of Bill C-31 for two days Sept. 20 to give the plaintiff's new lawyers time to prepare.

Catherine Twinn, counsel of record for plaintiffs Senator Walter Twinn of the Sawridge Band, Wayne…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

Page 2

A controversial court case over an amendment to the Indian Act stalled even as it got underway.

Federal Court Justice Frank Muldoon delayed proceedings over the constitutionality of Bill C-31 for two days Sept. 20 to give the plaintiff's new lawyers time to prepare.

Catherine Twinn, counsel of record for plaintiffs Senator Walter Twinn of the Sawridge Band, Wayne…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

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A federal court ruling allowing off-reserve Natives to vote in band elections will have negative ramifications for First Nations across Canada, an Ontario chief said.

Justice B.L. Strayer ruled Sept. 9 that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act, which limits full voting rights in band elections to on-reserve band members only, was invalid.

But changing that law and giving…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

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A federal court ruling allowing off-reserve Natives to vote in band elections will have negative ramifications for First Nations across Canada, an Ontario chief said.

Justice B.L. Strayer ruled Sept. 9 that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act, which limits full voting rights in band elections to on-reserve band members only, was invalid.

But changing that law and giving…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

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A federal court ruling allowing off-reserve Natives to vote in band elections will have negative ramifications for First Nations across Canada, an Ontario chief said.

Justice B.L. Strayer ruled Sept. 9 that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act, which limits full voting rights in band elections to on-reserve band members only, was invalid.

But changing that law and giving…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

Page 1

A federal court ruling allowing off-reserve Natives to vote in band elections will have negative ramifications for First Nations across Canada, an Ontario chief said.

Justice B.L. Strayer ruled Sept. 9 that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act, which limits full voting rights in band elections to on-reserve band members only, was invalid.

But changing that law and giving…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

Page 1

A federal court ruling allowing off-reserve Natives to vote in band elections will have negative ramifications for First Nations across Canada, an Ontario chief said.

Justice B.L. Strayer ruled Sept. 9 that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act, which limits full voting rights in band elections to on-reserve band members only, was invalid.

But changing that law and giving…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

Page 1

A federal court ruling allowing off-reserve Natives to vote in band elections will have negative ramifications for First Nations across Canada, an Ontario chief said.

Justice B.L. Strayer ruled Sept. 9 that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act, which limits full voting rights in band elections to on-reserve band members only, was invalid.

But changing that law and giving…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

Page 1

A federal court ruling allowing off-reserve Natives to vote in band elections will have negative ramifications for First Nations across Canada, an Ontario chief said.

Justice B.L. Strayer ruled Sept. 9 that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act, which limits full voting rights in band elections to on-reserve band members only, was invalid.

But changing that law and giving…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

Page 1

A federal court ruling allowing off-reserve Natives to vote in band elections will have negative ramifications for First Nations across Canada, an Ontario chief said.

Justice B.L. Strayer ruled Sept. 9 that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act, which limits full voting rights in band elections to on-reserve band members only, was invalid.

But changing that law and giving…