Doug Ford issues private apology to Indigenous MPP Sol Mamakwa for vaccine “queue-jumping” allegation Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has privately apologized to Indigenous MPP Sol Mamakwa for accusing him of COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping, but the Premier is being urged to make his statement publicly to First Nations people.
The mea culpa came a day after the Premier claimed, without evidence, in Question Period that Mr. Mamakwa was “jumping the line” by travelling to two remote communities to receive shots. Mr. Mamakwa, a New Democrat, is the only member of the Legislature who hails from a First Nation, and he and Indigenous leaders said he was invited to the communities to combat coronavirus vaccin
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