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Former NHL goalie Carey Price among those calling for changes to Indian Act

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/carey-price-2nd-generation-cutoff-9.7189114
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L’ancien gardien de but de la LNH Carey Price parmi ceux qui réclament des changements à la Loi sur les Indiens

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🇨🇦 Senate unanimously passes bill to eliminate Indian Act's 2nd-generation cut-off
Bill S-2 now goes before the House of Commons
Senators voted 63-0 in favour of the motion, with eight abstentions.
Subsection 6(2) or the second-generation cut-off refers to a rule in the Indian Act where children are not eligible for Indian status after two generations of one non-status parent. It was added to the act in 1985.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/bill-s2-indian-act-status-9.7004888?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Canadian Bill S-2 could expand First Nations member status beyond the second-generation cutoff.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/22/new-legislation-could-expand-first-nations-status/
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Le projet de loi canadien S-2 pourrait étendre le statut de membre d’une Première Nation au-delà de la règle d’exclusion de la deuxième génération

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/2208562/senat-amendement-transmission-statut-indien-autochtones

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