Macleod riding fields aboriginal independent
Last Updated: Thursday, December 22, 2005 | 11:09 AM MT
CBC News
A young aboriginal man from the Blood Reserve in Southern Alberta is hoping to fulfill a childhood dream winning a seat in the House of Commons as an independent.
Myron Wolf Child, founder of the Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada, says he's had his eye on Parliament since he was 12.
"I've grown up in this community for a long time, not just on the Blood tribe but off the Blood tribe. I share a lot of the views of the people in Macleod that is why I'm calling myself the people's candidate."
Wolf Child, 22, says he knows the issues and believes he can make a difference in Ottawa.
Political watchers however say it's tough sledding for independents.
About 75 per cent of Canadians vote for either the national party or the leader, not the local candidate, according to Faron Ellis, a political scientists at Lethbridge Community College.
As well, voter turnout among people living on the reserve is generally low, he adds.
Among the aboriginal politicians elected to Parliament in the last federal election: the Hon. Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Secretary of State for Northern Development;Inuit MP Nancy Karetak-Lindell representing Nunavut; and Metis MP's Paul Devillers and Lawrence O'Brien.
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