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Feds to sort out jurisdictional tangle

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Advocates for disabled Alberta Aboriginal people expressed mixed satisfaction and concern over a recent federal report that recommended that the federal government take some responsibility for the "jurisdictional complexities" that bind Aboriginal people with disabilities.

"I was very happy (with the report) but at the same time I was wondering if it's just going to be another study," said Toni Tallman, president of the Calgary Native Disable Society and a member of the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Feds to sort out jurisdictional tangle

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Advocates for disabled Alberta Aboriginal people expressed mixed satisfaction and concern over a recent federal report that recommended that the federal government take some responsibility for the "jurisdictional complexities" that bind Aboriginal people with disabilities.

"I was very happy (with the report) but at the same time I was wondering if it's just going to be another study," said Toni Tallman, president of the Calgary Native Disable Society and a member of the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Feds to sort out jurisdictional tangle

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Advocates for disabled Alberta Aboriginal people expressed mixed satisfaction and concern over a recent federal report that recommended that the federal government take some responsibility for the "jurisdictional complexities" that bind Aboriginal people with disabilities.

"I was very happy (with the report) but at the same time I was wondering if it's just going to be another study," said Toni Tallman, president of the Calgary Native Disable Society and a member of the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Feds to sort out jurisdictional tangle

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Advocates for disabled Alberta Aboriginal people expressed mixed satisfaction and concern over a recent federal report that recommended that the federal government take some responsibility for the "jurisdictional complexities" that bind Aboriginal people with disabilities.

"I was very happy (with the report) but at the same time I was wondering if it's just going to be another study," said Toni Tallman, president of the Calgary Native Disable Society and a member of the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities.