Not at all. This came as a complete shock to them.
If they were given the opportunity and told specifically, I would ask what accommodations were made for them. I come from a Mi'kmaq community that speaks, largely, the Mi'kmaq language.
For them to come to a commission of people who don't speak their language and to try to find transportation there.... This is assuming that they have a car and that they have access to that transportation, which, normally, indigenous communities don't have. What would be the odds of their going into an area filled with non-Mi'kmaq people, where they would be expected to address electoral boundaries in the English language by themselves and in a process they aren't familiar with? I just don't believe that would have happened.
There's a reason why there's systemic racism embedded within the system. It's because they're not meant to accommodate indigenous peoples. Many provinces have seen that as an obstacle and have been proactive in doing something about it. This commission did not and was not.