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"This has been rolling around for about 10 years now," said Chief Lerat. "Chiefs have been calling for this office since 1991, and the chiefs-inassembly have passed resolutions directing our executive of the FSIN to pursue such an office."
"(The complaints) are followed up to see any wrongdoing, and the SIU is an advocate for First Nations people and if in fact, there was a wrongdoing, than hopefully that wrongdoing is corrected internally," [E. Dutch Lerat] said."We're hoping that of course, the individuals would be better educated in terms of what their options are," Lerat said. "Clients will be fully advised of their options and then it will be up to them on how they wish to proceed. We understand of course, that sometimes they may choose to pursue legal avenues in which cases the advocate will coordinate with the FSIN Special Investigations Unit," he said.See the full content of this document
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Healthcare Advocacy Office in the Works for Fsin
An advocacy office for First Nations people feeling they have been wronged by the healthcare system is still in its first steps of realization and according to Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Vice Chief E. Dutch Lerat, the ini...
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