John Carpay: Any Replacement of the Indian Act Must Avoid Its Inherent Discrimination

Commentary Passed into law by Parliament in 1876, Canada’s Indian Act has always been, and remains today, inherently discriminatory because it creates a separate legal status for one group of Canadians based on their race, ethnicity, or ancestry. In 1969, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau proposed abolishing the Indian Act to make Canadians equal before the […]