Question Period Note: Communication

• We know from previous experience that regular and timely communication with factual information is essential to addressing this public health emergency.

• We continue to work with partners to make practical, factual and clear information available in more than 10 Indigenous languages through print, radio and social media.

• We will continue to communicate information as it becomes available.

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If pressed on who we are partnering with

• We have regular calls with First Nations leadership in each region, and are in regular communication with the Inuit Public Health Task Group and the Métis Health Committee, as well as regional Métis representatives.

• In addition, we continue to engage regularly with local health workers, regional medical officers of health and regional emergency management coordinators, among others.

• We are also working on a dedicated working group of the FPT Special Advisory Committee to address the specific challenges of remote Indigenous communities to ensure that there is intergovernmental collaboration and consideration of the unique needs of those communities.