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Hajdu says feds in talks with Bearskin Lake First Nation about military help

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Canada鈥檚 Indigenous Services minister told Todd van der Heyden on CTV鈥檚 Power Play Friday that the federal government is in talks with Ontario's Bearskin Lake First Nation about the type of help the community needs to overcome its COVID-19 crisis.

Hajdu said the federal government spent Friday working with Bearskin Lake First Nation to understand what kind of professionals are needed on the ground.

鈥淲e should have news very shortly,鈥 she said.

She also said the federal government received a formal request from Ontario Thursday night.

鈥淲e can鈥檛 send the military until there is a formal request,鈥 she told CTV鈥檚 Power Play.

Bearskin Lake First Nation leaders say over half of the community is in quarantine.

Patty Hajdu talks about the military request in the video at the top of this article.

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