Marcus Powlowski at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On May 26th, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 26th, 2020 / 6:30 p.m.

Liberal

Marcus Powlowski Liberal Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON

Wow, I'm back again. I didn't know I was going twice.

The federal government's funding for first nations and indigenous communities in relation to this pandemic has been on an individual community basis, rather than taking a more global approach. Do you think that was the right way to do it?

I know some communities have more expertise than others. Dr. Vollant is the exception with the Innu community having surgeons, but some communities don't have a lot of medical expertise. Would it have been better to have taken a more global approach to find global solutions in indigenous communities?

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