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Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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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.

Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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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.

Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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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.

Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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.

Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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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.

Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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.

Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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.

Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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.

Bill C-31 challenge stalls

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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.

Off-reserve band members win voting rights - Federal court rules 1951 Indian Act amendment invalid

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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 off-reserve members a full vote could result in the loss of reserve lands, Batchewana Chief Vernon Syrette said.