A call for aboriginals to vote in federal election – Kamloops This Week

August 15, 2015

A leader in a North Thompson First Nations community agrees with a call by a national group calling for aboriginal Canadians to vote in the October federal election.

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is urging the nation’s 1.4-million aboriginal people to vote on Oct. 19.

The Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding includes the small Chu Chua reserve in the North Thompson Valley. Former chief Nathan Matthew said there have been efforts in past to get out the vote.

“If we voted as a block, that could make a difference,” the former band chief and educator told KTW.

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