An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements)

Canada45th Parliament, 1st SessionS-2Senate
Updated: Feb 27, 2026

Summary

A legislative summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive summary is available. On 29 May 2025, Sen. Marc Gold introduced Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements) in the Senate and it was given first reading. Bill S-2 amends the Indian Act to provide, among other things, new entitlements to registration in the Indian Register in response to the challenge of certain provisions of the Act under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Nicholas v. Canada (Attorney General) and that the persons who have become so entitled also have the right to have their names entered in a Band List maintained in the Department of Indigenous Services.

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  1. Committee report adopted

    Senate

  2. Third reading

    Senate

  3. First reading

  4. Second reading and referral to committee