OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing increased public pressure from Indigenous women and a feminist alliance to accept a Senate amendment of legislation on sex-based discrimination under the Indian Act. The discrimination has existed since the Indian Act was first introduced in 1876, the letter adds. “The Indian Act has built into it a discriminatory scheme that is very hard on Aboriginal women,” she said. “We will continue to work with First Nations, impacted individuals, experts and parliamentarians to remove all sex discrimination from registration provisions in the Indian Act,” the office said. “This is a simple matter of whether women are treated in the Indian Act as men,” she said.

Source: thestar October 31, 2017 14:15 UTC