Manitoba Indigenous leaders want the province to invest more in health care as low spending negatively and disproportionately affects First Nations people.
WINNIPEG The leader of Manitoba’s official opposition has rolled up his sleeve to help with the fight against COVID-19. Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Urban Indigenous Vaccination Centre Thursday morning. “Getting my vaccine today is just me playing my small part in helping to end this thing,” he said after receiving his vaccine. The NDP leader said the vaccine will help the community, adding that Manitobans can do their part to help end the COVID-19 pandemic by receiving a vaccine. “Think about your kid’s last birthday. Think about the seniors who have dementia who may not know why people aren’t visiting them,” he said. “Think about the last vacation you had. Think about the people we’ve lost to COVID, to suicide, to overdoses. Think about all the human suffering and pain in this past year since the pandemic, and this is how it ends. This is how we put a stop to all that suffering, is with the v
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Who receives the coronavirus vaccine, and in which order, is increasingly proving to be 2021’s contentious topic, especially with supplies dwindling and only two suppliers currently approved in Canada.
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Who receives the coronavirus vaccine, and in which order, is increasingly proving to be 2021’s contentious topic, especially with supplies dwindling and only two suppliers currently approved in Canada.
Inmates at correctional facilities are a part of the congregate living population the province is prioritizing in its first of four vaccination phases, but the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union is concerned staff at correctional facilities are not being equally prioritized.