TORONTO: Justin Trudeau was not the only winner in Canada’s election this week: the country’s aboriginal community saw a record 10 indigenous members elected to parliament — up from seven in 2011 — in a victory for a community that said it was neglected throughout nearly a decade of Conservative rule. The election also saw a record-breaking 54 First Nations candidates run for office. Still, indigenous people will end up occupying just three per cent of the 338 seats in Canada’s House of Commons. Indigenous peoples comprise 4.3 per cent of the population, according to Statistics Canada, a government agency that collects census data. New Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won...
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