's health care system. In her research, Turpel-Lafond also found that the opioid epidemic and COVID-19 are disproportionately affecting Indigenous peoples, and Indigenous health care workers and students are facing significant racism in their work and study environments. If the two-day meeting fails to produce tangible results, it may not bode well for the success of promised federal Indigenous health legislation Ottawa is trying to co-develop with Indigenous leaders and communities, said the federal source. David Chartrand, vice-president of the Métis National Council, is concerned about Métis people left out of federal Indigenous health services. Indigenous Services' First Nations and Inuit Health Branch does not provide services or coverage for Métis people.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2021 09:00 UTC