summary <div>The pre-release version of this Legislative

Summary is now available. Parliamentarians and their staff can obtain a copy by submitting a request or contacting the Library of Parliament. Members of the public can obtain a copy by the contacting the Information Service at the Library of Parliament.<br/><br/>On October 2016, the Hon. Peter Harder introduced Bill S-3,

An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration), in the Senate and it was given first reading.<br/><br/>Bill S-3 amends the Indian Act to provide new entitlements to registration in the Indian Register in response to the decision in Descheneaux c.

Canada (Procureur général) that was rendered by the Superior Court of Quebec on August 3, 2015, and to provide that the persons who become so entitled also have the right to have their name entered in a Band List maintained by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2017-06-02) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2017-06-13) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2017-06-16) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2017-06-21) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2017-06-21) Senate — First reading: Completed (2016-10-25) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2016-11-17) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2017-05-30) Senate — Report stage: Completed (2017-05-30) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2017-06-01) LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/42-1/s-3