By Austin Campbell Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The federal and provincial governments are speaking up. Greg Rickford, minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations economic reconciliation, and Patty Hajdu, minister of Indigenous Services Canada, have responded to comments made by Ginoogaming First Nation’s Chief Sheri Taylor about a lack of “decision-makers” meeting with her to discuss her community’s ongoing state of emergency. Earlier this month Dougall Media caught up with Chief Taylor to discuss Ginoogaming’s recently announced roadway and drainage rehabilitation project that broke ground on July 30. Taylor said she met with an acting assistant deputy minister from the premier’s office on July 9 but she criticized a lack of key decision-makers at the table. “They were more or less technical people. “We met with them, and I provided…
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