Ontario's NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Premier Doug Ford to apologize to Indigenous member of Provincial Parliament Sol Mamakwa after Ford wrongly accused him of vaccine queue-jumping during question period on Thursday. 1:24Horwath calls on Ford to apologize to MPP, Indigenous leadersSpeaking with the media, NDP Opposition leader Andrea Horwath defended Mamakwa's actions. "We salute the Indigenous leaders who have been so strong in working with their populations to receive the vaccines," she said. For his part, Mamakwa says it's not about him personally, but rather the lack of compassion for Indigenous leaders across the north. "It was the leadership in the communities that were taking the vaccine first — that's how the leadership works in our First Nations communities," he said.

Source: CBC News March 11, 2021 19:38 UTC