Reporter’s Notebook: Muzzled nurses limit coverage of First Nations health – CBC
Dec 3, 2016
Workers are muzzled, but the message Health Canada sends to the media is that they aren’t
Some federal agencies are cautious about talking to the media — so much so that they make journalists jump through hoops to get answers to even simple questions.
I experienced this firsthand while working on a project about access to health services on northern reserves, and the experiences of First Nations people who have to leave their communities to get even simple health services.
First Nations treaties with the federal government state that Ottawa must provide them with health care.
