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Although Indigenous people are prioritized in the national vaccine rollout, off-reserve and urban populations had been left out of Quebec s plan. It s why Philippe Meilleur, executive director of Native Montreal, has spent the last few months advocating and working to make the clinics a reality.
Philippe Meilleur is the executive director of Native Montreal. He received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in his home community of Kanesatake, Que., last month.(Submitted by Philippe Meilleur) I knew I was going to get the vaccine at some point through my community and I felt kind of ashamed, as a director and local leader, I wasn t able to convince the government at first to change those strict criteria, that if you re urban Indigenous, you re treated the same as the general population, said Meilleur.