By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson got emotional over the telephone in an exclusive interview with Windspeaker.com yesterday when he spoke about a Red Dress ceremony held in his riding of Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin on Oct. 23. “The stories that come out, we stood around crying in the cold for about two hours. I’ve developed such a heart for Indigenous people and what they’ve suffered. I’m crying here? It’s really touched my heart,” he said. So, when new Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said unvaccinated people were the “most discriminated against group” that she’s seen in her lifetime, Wilson’s thoughts went “first thing” to Indigenous people. “For the work I’ve been doing over the last three years, I see (discrimination) out there on a daily basis,”

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