Cuthand: Changes needed to AFN structure

Unbeknownst to the rest of the country, an important political campaign is taking place across Canada. On July 25, chiefs and their proxy voters will gather in Vancouver to elect the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
The campaign takes place behind closed doors and only 640 chiefs from across Canada have the right to vote. The candidates are meeting with chiefs and groups of chiefs across the country; there are no stump speeches, no advertising and hardly any evidence that a hard-