The Column

Friday, June 26, 2009

Playing nanny to the tribes -- again

Knowing the track record governments have with tribes in the Western Hemisphere, why don't I get that nice warm feeling right now?

OTTAWA, June 24 (UPI) -- The Canadian government delayed sending alcohol-based hand sanitizer to Indian reservations battling the H1N1 flu virus out of fears people would drink it ... the news emerged Tuesday in Ottawa when Kim Barker, public health adviser for the Assembly of First Nations, spoke to the Senate committee on aboriginal people, the Globe and Mail reported.


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