First Peoples National Party of Canada
The First Peoples National Party of Canada (FPNPC) is one of the 15 recognized political parties in Canada . It mainly represents the indigenous people . The party positions its candidates primarily in those regions that are characterized by a high proportion of First Nations eligible voters .
She held her first organizational meeting in October 2004 in Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario . Almost at the same time, the Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada organized in the summer of the following year. Both parties have worked successfully on their recognition and run the association. The new name of the party should be determined by the members.
The interim chairperson is Barbara Wardlaw from the place where it was founded. In total, the party placed five candidates in Alberta , British Columbia and Ontario in the 2006 election . Among them was Brendan Cross, a 30-year-old member of the Saulteaux First Nation near North Battleford , Saskatchewan , who grew up in a non-indigenous family. He was already a co-founder of the First Nations Party of Saskatchewan .
In the 2006 election, the party received 1,201 votes. The five current candidates are John Malcolm (interim chief of the Wood Buffalo First Nations , British Columbia), Don Roberts (Cariboo / Prince George in British Columbia), William Morin ( Michipicoten First Nation in Ontario), Guy Dumas (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) and Doug Dokis ( Anishinabe , Calgary ).
In most points the party supports the Assembly of First Nations and, with regard to the demands for autonomy, is expressly oriented towards the status of Trentino-South Tyrol and Aosta Valley in Italy , New Caledonia , Northern Ireland and Greenland .