What we want to know

Earlier this month Indigenous youth gathered in Ottawa to discuss and political engagement the federal election. Out of that event, the Assembly of Seven Generations put together a handful of questions youth want political leaders and candidates to answer, ranging from issues like missing and murdered women, tuition fees and reconciliaion, and sent them to the main federal parties.

Here are the questions they came up with: 

1. How will you and/or your party address the poverty situations faced by Indigenous communities?

2. Will you and/or your party develop a National Inquiry for Missing and Murdered Women, Girls and 2 Spirited? If so, how do you see it unfolding and what will you do with the findings?

3. Will your party work on decreasing tuition costs across all provinces and territories?

4. Do you or does your party plan on implementing the 94 Calls to Actions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? If so, what recommendations will you focus on first and how will you implement these recommendations?

5. How will you and/or your party promote employment for youth while balancing social, economic and environmental well-being?

6. How will you and/or your party respect the agreements/treaties made in place with Indigenous nations across the country?

7. What is your party’s response to the eight questions** identified by the National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC)? In particular, how does your party plan to address emergencies in the North such as high suicide rates, housing crisis and high rates of TB?

**So far the Green Party and NDP have responded. 

8. How will you and/or your party work on bringing the Indigenous youth voice forward and bridging the gap between federal leaders and grassroots concerns?

What other questions would you want to add? Comment below!