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An Ontario woman connected to a Saskatchewan First Nation’s efforts to buy millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses insists the project is above board, despite warnings from the federal and provincial governments that such efforts may be fraudulent.
Carolyn “Carrie” Liddy said in an emailed statement that she has been “directly involved” in attempts to secure COVID-19 vaccine for First Nations and denied that such efforts were illegitimate. In recent days, a federal minister, the Saskatchewan government, Health Canada and the manufacturer of the AstraZeneca vaccine all warned First Nations and other parties to not accept such deals.
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Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says his department has been in touch with law enforcement about a Saskatchewan First Nation’s proposed deal to buy COVID-19 vaccine from a private company, which he believes is not legitimate.
Miller said he wants to warn other First Nations about offers that may seem “too good to be true,” and implied that some private companies had impersonated Indigenous Services Canada officials.
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“I would take this opportunity to make this clear (to) anyone that’s listening, that anyone purporting to be an agent of Indigenous Services Canada that is a private company and not someone that is a member of the public service should be looked on with great skepticism and indeed great reticence,” Miller said Wednesday at a news conference.
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Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says his department has been in touch with law enforcement about a Saskatchewan First Nation’s proposed deal to buy COVID-19 vaccine from a private company, which he believes is not legitimate.
Miller said he wants to warn other First Nations about offers that may seem “too good to be true,” and implied that some private companies had impersonated Indigenous Services Canada officials.
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“I would take this opportunity to make this clear (to) anyone that’s listening, that anyone purporting to be an agent of Indigenous Services Canada that is a private company and not someone that is a member of the public service should be looked on with great skepticism and indeed great reticence,” Miller said Wednesday at a news conference.
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March 11 will mark one year since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. On March 12 of last year, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Sophie Grégoire Trudeau had tested positive and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had gone into self-isolation. The day after that Friday the 13th the government postponed the federal budget and abruptly shut down Parliament. One year later, Canada’s political landscape has been altered indelibly and yet, somehow, is just the same as ever.