MP Battiste Proposes Study on Indian Act Sections
Mi'kmaw MP Jaime Battiste has tabled a motion to study sections of the Indian Act related to registration, specifically focusing on the impacts of sections that determine status Indian eligibility.
Battiste, representing the Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish riding, appeared before the Senate's Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, requesting an amendment to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, also known as the "Second-Generation Cut-off", in collaboration with First Nation communities.
These sections, enacted in 1985, are under federal government authority, which oversees the Indian Act and status Indian eligibility in Canada.
MP Jaime Battiste aims to study and amend the Indian Act sections affecting status Indian registration.
Author's summary: MP Jaime Battiste proposes a study on Indian Act sections.
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