Brian Giesbrecht: Why the Indian Act Is Indeed a Racist Anachronism

A resident of the Blood Reserve, southeast of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alta., walks down a side road near Standoff, Alberta, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/David Rossiter

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Pierre Poilievre recently made headlines when he criticized the Indian Act, calling it racist and archaic. In fact, his remarks were not even controversial, because many indigenous leaders have said the same thing for more than half a century.