CBC: First Nations leaders in Alberta are turning to a campaign that saw record on-reserve voter turnout in an effort to tip the scales against the separatist movement during October’s provincial referendum.
Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi of Treaty 8 First Nations told CBC News they want to replicate the 2015 “Rock the Vote” campaign, which resulted in the highest on-reserve participation in a federal election since Elections Canada began calculating First Nations turnout in 2004….