BC NDP, BC Greens & BC Liberals respond to First Nations Leadership Council BC Election Questionnaire

The First Nations Leadership Council is committed to changing the course of First Nation-Crown relations in BC in a way that empowers First Nations and results in real, concrete change to our children, families, and communities. The FNLC has identified the upcoming provincial election as a critical turning point in which First Nation voters have the potential to significantly shift not only the focus of the election but the outcome as well.

To assist you and your community’s participation in this year’s provincial election, the FNLC has compiled the attached 2017 Provincial Election Package.

The FNLC’s 2017 Election Package is being provided to all 203 First Nations in BC. Included in the package are:

Questions posed to all provincial parties;
Responses from the parties (BC NDP, BC Green Party and BC Liberal Party); and
Basic voting information from Elections BC.

Please note that the FNLC encourages not only the further distribution of this information to your community members but encourages each community to pose questions to your respective riding candidates. Please feel free to use or adapt the attached letter if you wish to do your own correspondence on election issues of significance to your community.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Matthew Norris [email protected] or Colin Braker [email protected].

For further information about voting, contact Elections BC at:

http://elections.bc.ca/
Toll-Free: 1.800.661.8683
[email protected]

Phone: 250.387.5305
Fax: 250.387.3578
Toll-Free Fax: 1.866.466.0665
TTY: 1.888.456.5448

Yours truly,

FIRST NATIONS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

[Original signed]

On behalf of the FIRST NATIONS SUMMIT:

Grand Chief Edward John

Robert Phillips

Cheryl Casimer

On behalf of the UNION OF BC INDIAN CHIEFS:

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Chief Bob Chamberlin

Kukpi7 Judy Wilson

On behalf of the BC ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS:

A/Regional Chief Maureen Chapman

CC: BC First Nations

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Dorothy Jones commented 2017-04-26 21:45:44 -0700
I never use to vote for Municipal, Provincial or Federal Government political candidates. My father, John Jones, who is now deceased, told me that I am Dodie first, Then I am a Jones Then I am Secwepemc and to be proud of this. He said ’then if you chose Canadian citizenship it is up to you. Well, I believe it it is important to support our First Nation communities through elections for healthy and responsible governance. However, our traditional territories are surrounded and experience great impact from Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments, how can we not vote! Our First Nations communities are continually impacted by these political governments and their policies on a daily basis politically, socially, economically and culturally. So.. .on May 9th, if you as a First Nations individual, chose to vote in the BC provincial elections , do your homework and check out your local candidates and vote for the best person to represent the people of your communities.