The conditions in some Indigenous communities across Ontario’s north and beyond have health experts, local leaders and opposition politicians sounding the alarm as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across Canada. “There’s no question about that.”It’s a situation that is weighing heavily on leaders like Alvin Fiddler, Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, an organization that represents 49 Indigenous communities across northern Ontario. Natan Obed, the president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said almost none of the 51 Inuit communities across Canada’s north that he represents have hospitals. Sign Up NowThe government also included a portion of money in its $1-billion COVID-19 response package for Indigenous communities this week, but Miller’s office did not answer questions about exactly how it will be spent. “These supports for Indigenous communities are absolutely not limited by financial capacity.

Source: thestar March 13, 2020 17:37 UTC