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Posted: Jan 19, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: January 19
Marlene Poitras, regional chief for Alberta for the Assembly of First Nations, released a statement criticizing the province s handling of COVID-19 vaccine for First Nations on Jan. 18, 2020.(Submitted by Marlene Poitras) The province continues to make unilateral decisions on First Nations health with questionable First Nation involvement. How many times must it be said that sovereign First Nations must be involved in the decisions that affect them? Assembly of First Nations Alberta Regional Chief Marlene Poitras said Monday.
Poitras released a statement after Premier Jason Kenney announced that Alberta is expected to run out of vaccine doses by late Monday or early Tuesday, citing shortages of the Pfizer vaccine announced last week.