TORONTO --
Ontario Premier Doug Ford reiterated Sunday that he has apologized for accusing a First Nations MPP who got a COVID-19 vaccine of queue jumping, adding that things “got a little personal” due to the fact that the MPP is from a different political party.
The original allegation was made Thursday during a Question Period exchange between the premier and NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa from the Kiiwetinoong riding.
In response to a question about what the government has done to vaccinate vulnerable Indigenous people in urban areas, Ford said that his party had prioritized the vaccination of 31 fly-in communities