She issued the statement within hours of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation emailing a letter to the OMA, expressing disappointment over the vote. “I am deeply sorry for the hurt we have caused any Indigenous community,” Dr. Nadia Alam said in a written statement Tuesday. The president of the Ontario Medical Association has issued an apology after the organization voted against a motion to open meetings with an increasingly standard acknowledgement of Indigenous peoples’ traditional lands. The governing council of the OMA defeated the motion during a meeting Saturday in a vote of 105 to 65. “Embarrassed (OMA Council) chose not to open meetings w/ traditional territorial statement to recognize Indigenous people in Canada as stewards of the land & show respect for Indigenous people and culture,” tweeted council member Dr. Kaif Pardhan.

Source: thestar May 01, 2018 22:52 UTC