Elections Canada is planning early engagement initiatives and cultural training for staff to better serve Indigenous voters at the polls next year. "Indigenous voters may decide to participate, or not, and they have all kinds of historical reasons that will inform their choice," he told CBC News. Perrault said that, by engaging 18 months ahead of the campaign, Elections Canada hopes to recruit more Indigenous people to work as returning officers. Through the outreach efforts, returning officers will meet with Indigenous leaders and groups and take part in local events to become better known in the communities. In ridings with significant Indigenous populations, returning officers will be given "cultural competency training" that could cover topics such as:

Source: CBC News March 18, 2018 07:52 UTC