Mr. Chair, I will try to provide the information that I have. I do not have in front of me a list of the various challenges that we are aware of. I can point to a situation that we know about that is very complex to address: when mothers do not know the identity of the fathers of the children. This presents difficulties for registration of children. This is one issue that will need to be considered and could potentially lead to changes.
We are also aware of a proposed class action challenging one provision of the bill that amended the Indian Act in 2010 with respect to the possibility of claiming damages for the lack of registration prior to the enactment of these amendments.
At the moment these are the issues that come to mind. They are challenges to the act based on the Canadian Human Rights Act, which are similar to those presented under the charter, some of which will be addressed by these amendments.