By Miranda Leybourne Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It’s imperative that First Nations leaders be included in the upcoming health-care talks between Canada’s premiers and the prime minister, says the chief of Swan Lake First Nation. The meeting, set for Feb. 7, is part of Ottawa’s plan to finalize a deal on health-care funding with the provinces and territories, and Jason Daniels believes First Nations, which are present across Canada, should be included in that discussion. “We have a lot of the same concerns that the provinces do, but our concerns are more to our communities. There are also people that are living in urban areas as well that are getting marginalized,” he told the Sun. The federal government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to First
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