The federal government is to spend millions more to help remote and rural Indigenous communities cope with the COVID-19 crisis.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today significant new funding for First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities, part of which is intended to help them bolster their public health response to the pandemic.
That could include measures such as hiring more health workers, building isolation facilities or purchasing medical supplies and equipment.
Another part of the funding is to help residents in these remote communities pay for the pandemic-induced increase in their cost of living. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] And a third part is to help communities