Bill C-3 (2011)

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Bill C-3 (2011) is a Canadian federal law that reformed the Indian Act to address gender-based discrimination in the transmission of Indian status.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Canadian federal law ⓘ
addresses gender-based discrimination in Indian status ⓘ
inequality between male and female lines of descent in Indian status transmission ⓘ
aimsTo ensure more equal treatment of descendants of Indigenous men and women under the Indian Act ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Canada ⓘ
concerns Indian status registration ⓘ
rights of Indigenous women ⓘ
rights of descendants of Indigenous women ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
governs criteria for registration as an Indian under the Indian Act ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
introducedInChamber House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
isPartOf Canadian Indigenous policy framework ⓘ
isRelatedTo discrimination based on sex ⓘ
gender equality in Canadian law ⓘ
status Indians in Canada ⓘ
legalArea Indigenous law ⓘ
equality rights ⓘ
human rights law ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Canada ⓘ
modifies Indian Act ⓘ
purpose to reform the Indian Act to address gender-based discrimination in the transmission of Indian status ⓘ
subject Indian Act ⓘ
targetsProblem historical discrimination against Indigenous women in status transmission ⓘ
unequal treatment of children of Indigenous women compared to children of Indigenous men ⓘ
typeOfChange amendment to existing legislation ⓘ

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Indian Act → amendedBy → Bill C-3 (2011) ⓘ
Bill S-3 (2017) → relatedLegislation → Bill C-3 (Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act) ⓘ
linked to: Bill C-3 (2011)