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When Ed Morrison needs government approval for a project in Mitaanjigamiing First Nation, he has a strategy to ensure public servants take his proposal seriously.
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“I can tell them exactly what needs to be done and how to do it, . but they don t listen,” Morrison said in an interview. “But the minute I go and hire a white man and pay him to say the same damn thing, then ‘Here you go . we’re going to fund this.’