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allthecanadianpolitics:
quantumlockedstone:
allthecanadianpolitics:
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, Justin Trudeau’s government just voted AGAINST removing gender inequality in the Indian Act.
More info on this vote today:
Pamela Palmater: Why is Trudeau Government Opposing Charter Equality for Indigenous Women?
What is their argument??
Their argument is that removing this discrimination, will give indian status to too many new people.
Which to me, and a lot of people sounds a lot like, removing sexism is going to cost too much:
Quebec chief urges MPs to pass amendment to eliminate sexism in Indian Act
[…]
“Such a broad amendment casts the net much wider than is what is required to achieve the goals of Bill S-3 and would have wide-ranging unforeseen implications,” said Mr. Reiher, who reminded the MPs on the committee that the government has a court-imposed deadline of July 3 to pass the legislation. After the bill becomes law, he said, the Minister of Indigenous Affairs has promised a second phase of consultations with First Nations, which should last about 18 months, to determine the next steps.Mr. Reiher told the MPs, as a colleague of his told senators, that a demographer’s report predicted 80,000 to two million more people would gain Indian status and the associated tax breaks, postsecondary education and supplementary health benefits if the Senate amendment is allowed to stand.
While the government agrees the numbers are so broad as to be meaningless, Mr. Reiher told the committee “there would be an influx of additional members into communities,” and that demands further consultation with the First Nations.
But Mr. O’Bomsawin disagreed. In 2009, when a court ordered that the Indian Act be changed to remove other sexist elements, tens of thousands of new status Indians were created, but no one came back to Odanak, he said.
“If a person living here in Ottawa gains their status, do you think they are going to give up their job … and come out to my place and farm the fields? It’s all a myth,” he told MPs, urging them to pass the bill with the Senate amendments.
Mr. O’Bomsawin rhetorically asked why the government does not want to fix the system. “Let’s all be honest,” he said. “We all know. It’s the financial commitment. We all know this is about money.”
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allthecanadianpolitics:
quantumlockedstone:
allthecanadianpolitics:
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, Justin Trudeau’s government just voted AGAINST removing gender inequality in the Indian Act.
More info on this vote today:
Pamela Palmater: Why is Trudeau Government Opposing Charter Equality for Indigenous Women?
What is their argument??
Their argument is that removing this discrimination, will give indian status to too many new people.
Which to me, and a lot of people sounds a lot like, removing sexism is going to cost too much:
Quebec chief urges MPs to pass amendment to eliminate sexism in Indian Act
[…]
“Such a broad amendment casts the net much wider than is what is required to achieve the goals of Bill S-3 and would have wide-ranging unforeseen implications,” said Mr. Reiher, who reminded the MPs on the committee that the government has a court-imposed deadline of July 3 to pass the legislation. After the bill becomes law, he said, the Minister of Indigenous Affairs has promised a second phase of consultations with First Nations, which should last about 18 months, to determine the next steps.Mr. Reiher told the MPs, as a colleague of his told senators, that a demographer’s report predicted 80,000 to two million more people would gain Indian status and the associated tax breaks, postsecondary education and supplementary health benefits if the Senate amendment is allowed to stand.
While the government agrees the numbers are so broad as to be meaningless, Mr. Reiher told the committee “there would be an influx of additional members into communities,” and that demands further consultation with the First Nations.
But Mr. O’Bomsawin disagreed. In 2009, when a court ordered that the Indian Act be changed to remove other sexist elements, tens of thousands of new status Indians were created, but no one came back to Odanak, he said.
“If a person living here in Ottawa gains their status, do you think they are going to give up their job … and come out to my place and farm the fields? It’s all a myth,” he told MPs, urging them to pass the bill with the Senate amendments.
Mr. O’Bomsawin rhetorically asked why the government does not want to fix the system. “Let’s all be honest,” he said. “We all know. It’s the financial commitment. We all know this is about money.”
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