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S-2 — An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements)
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S-2
An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements)
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BILL S-2
An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements)
Last activity : At consideration in committee in the House of Commons
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Senate · 1st2025-05-28Senate · 2nd2025-06-25Senate · 3rd2025-12-04Commons · 1st2025-12-10Commons · 2nd2026-02-27Commons · 3rdRoyal assent
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What it does, in plain language
- Expands entitlement to registration in the Indian Register to people (and their descendants) whose names were removed under old enfranchisement rules: section 13 before September 4, 1951, section 111 before July 1, 1920, and section 112 before April 17, 1985.
- Responds to the Charter-based court challenge to certain provisions of the Indian Act in Nicholas v. Canada (Attorney General).
- Creates a voluntary deregistration process: a person may apply in writing to the Registrar to have their name taken off the Indian Register and the Band List, and the Registrar must do so.
- Confirms that such a removal does not cancel the registration rights of that person's children, grandchildren or other descendants.
- Adds a band membership rule for women who lost membership under the former section 14 (marriage rules), and for their direct descendants, allowing their names to be entered in a Band List.
- Replaces the term "mentally incompetent Indian" with "dependent person", defined as someone found under provincial law unable to manage their estate because of an illness or impairment affecting cognitive capacity.
- States that people who died before April 17, 1985 are deemed to have been entitled to registration, which matters for their descendants' claims.
- Bars claims for compensation or damages against the federal Crown, its employees or band councils for anything done in good faith in connection with these new entitlements or with removals from the Register.
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Registered lobbying
3 communications · 1 organization
as of Sep 10, 2026
the 3 most recent +
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund3
2026-05-05 · Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
Met with : Mandy Gull-Masty — Minister of Indigenous Services
2026-05-05 · House of Commons
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
Met with : Jenny Kwan — Member of Parliament · Margo Greenwood — Senator
2026-05-05 · Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
Met with : Mark Carney — Prime Minister · Tim Krupa — Director of Policy · Lisa Jorgensen — Director of Global Affairs
Communications reported to the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying that name this bill. Lobbying is a lawful, publicly registered activity — this count is a fact, not a verdict. Only communications whose description names both the bill number and its title are counted, so the real total may be higher. Registry archive read on September 10, 2026; the Commissioner republishes it about monthly, and we refresh it by hand.
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