Your Vote. Your Voice. Our Future.

To ensure the will of the Kwantlen people is clear, the Band Council has resolved to hold a consultation vote between February 7th and February 14th, 2023. The vote will be open to all registered members of the Kwantlen First Nation who are aged 18 or above as of February 14th.

Kwantlen members will be asked to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to 6 different questions. Due to safety concerns, the vote will be held online only.

How can you vote?

If you receive the Band Council’s weekly update emails (and are a band member), then you are already on our voters list. If you have not received those, then you may need to register to vote. To do so, please send an image of your Status Card, to: spokesperson@kwantlen.community no later than 11:59pm on February 12th. If you do not have a status card, then show any other documentation validating your status as a band member. This can include:

• a letter from Indigenous Services Canada (or its predecessors) confirming your status, and showing the first three-digits of your status card number

• a letter from the band office validating your status

• documents such as: a “love offering” cheque stub, a band rental lease or loan agreement identifying you as a band member

If you do not have any of these documents, please let us know, and we’ll work with you to find another way to validate your Status and eligibility to vote.

Where can you vote?

All voting will done online, using a portal run by an Alberta-based elections management firm. No one will see who you voted for - your votes are strictly confidential even from the vote organizers. Registered voters will receive a voting package, including voting login information by February 1st. If you do not receive your elections package and voting information, please contact spokesperson@kwantlen.community .

Information Session

Consultation Vote Questions

QUESTION 1

Do you agree that the General Assembly (sƛ̓ənəq) held on the McMillan Island Reserve on November 27th, 2022 was done in accordance with the customs of the Kwantlen people, which gives members the ultimate authority to hold meetings where decisions can be made about issues facing the Nation?

QUESTION 2

Do you agree with Resolution 1 from the November 27, 2022 General Assembly: A Resolution to remove Marilyn Gabriel from the Kwantlen First Nation Indian Act Band Council?

QUESTION 3

Do you agree with Resolution 2 from the November 27, 2022 General Assembly: A Resolution to order the Kwantlen First Nation Indian Act Band Council to bring a new Governance Code to a vote of the people within 90 days of the General Assembly?

QUESTION 4

Do you agree with Resolution 3 from the November 27, 2022 General Assembly: A Resolution to temporarily expand the Kwantlen First Nation Band Council from 3 to 5 members until a new Governance Code and governance framework can be ratified by the Kwantlen members?

QUESTION 5

Do you agree with Resolution 4 from the November 27, 2022 General Assembly: A Resolution to recognize the Whonnock Reserve Local Authority?

QUESTION 6

Do you support Marilyn Gabriel, Tumia Knott, and Les Antone, in their refusal to be bound by the decisions of the General Assembly held on November 27th?