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The province has sidelined Métis in matters related to COVID-19 vaccination, according to the Manitoba Metis Federation.
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The province has sidelined Métis in matters related to COVID-19 vaccination, according to the Manitoba Metis Federation.
In an interview in which he called Premier Brian Pallister cruel, the federation’s president David Chartrand said the premier is playing politics with the lives of his people.
In an interview in which he called Premier Brian Pallister cruel, the Manitoba Metis Federation’s president David Chartrand said the premier is playing politics with the lives of his people. Chartrand says there is no plan in place to vaccinate vulnerable Métis. (Winnipeg Free Press)
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He pointed out that Melanie McKinnon, who leads the pandemic response team established by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, has also urged all First Nations against any visiting outside immediate households including over the holidays. They don t have the health resources, they don t have the human resources locally to deal with this, Pallister said. Hospitals are full and ICUs are overrun and we can t have people going out making up their own rules willy-nilly.
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Hudson rejected Pallister s argument that the proposal to allow some gatherings to happen was a mistake, saying the community had no new cases Tuesday and single-digit active cases over the last three weeks.