Bill S-2 amendments to end discrimination face critical Senate vote Tuesday
Release Date: 11/28/2025
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NAN says water crisis deeply impacting Kashechewan First Nation
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Two competing plans on Child Welfare: Government Reform vs First Nations Control
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Chiefs from across the country are proposing that the federal government be removed from having control over how the on-reserve First Nations child welfare system is run. The details are contained in a plan that was submitted by the National Chiefs’ Children’s Committee to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in late December. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts:
info_outlineSweeping changes to Bill S-2 that would eliminate the second-generation cutoff from the Indian Act will face a crucial vote in the Senate on Tuesday.
If the amendments are approved, they will mark a historic step toward ending decades of gender-based discrimination in First Nations status law—but they also risk delaying the bill’s original goal, resolving a Charter challenge.
That’s on this episode of Nation to Nation.
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