TB survivor James Eetoolook talks about Justin Trudeau's apology to Inuit

Inuit tuberculosis survivor James Eetoolook was diagnosed as a 16-year-old and sent for treatment in Edmonton, where he was in the hospital and bedridden for months. He says the federal government took too long to diagnose the illness in the Inuit population and didn't do enough to keep track of those who were taken south for treatment. Now, as vice president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., Eetoolook worries that TB is returning in an age when that simply should not be happening. (Mar. 7, 2019.)

THE CANADIAN PRESS

The Canadian Press is Canada’s most trusted news leader in providing real-time, bilingual multimedia content for online, mobile and emerging platforms.