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Jane Philpott on Grassy Narrows, MMIWG Report
Speaking with reporters on Parliament Hill ahead of question period, Independent MP and former Liberal minister of indigenous services Jane Philpott discusses the federal government’s failure to reach an agreement with the Grassy Narrows First Nation over care for residents suffering from mercury poisoning caused by industrial dumping in the northern Ontario community's waterways during the 1960s. Philpott also comments on the use of the term "genocide" in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. (June 6, 2019) (no interpretation)