‘If you want to become an MP, you better listen to us’: Bellegarde says First Nations are becoming an electoral force
'Why should we just give First Nations people the First Nations stuff?' AFN national chief Perry Bellegarde says, adding that he'd love to see more Indigenous people also filling the ranks of public service and other appointed roles.
First Nations people are now voting in federal elections more than ever before and emerging as such an influential force in Canadian politics that candidates of all stripes will have to consider Indigenous issues when running for federal office, says Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde. “The concept of dual citizenship, we're embracing that,” Mr. Bellegarde told The Hill Times’ editorial board in an interview on Dec. 13, asserting that the 2015 federal election was a
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