Native women pan Bill C-31
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Ottawa missed the boat when it attempted to eliminate discrimination against Aboriginal women with Bill C-31, a 1985 change to the Indian Act. That's the consensus reached during a three-day conference dedicated to examining the legacy of Bill C-31.
As far as the conference's delegates are concerned, the question isn't whether or not gigantic and harmful mistakes were made when Bill C-31 became law, it's whether the federal government intended to make them.