Inuit leaders, MPs urge action on eliminating tuberculosis as federal budget nears

Inuit leaders and New Democrat MPs are urging the Trudeau government to tackle tuberculosis in Indigenous communities this budget. Inuit specifically face a TB rate reportedly 676 times higher than non-Indigenous, Canadian-born people.

Inuit leaders, MPs urge action on eliminating tuberculosis as federal budget nears
A x-ray shows tuberculosis in the lungs

Inuit leaders and New Democrat MPs are urging the Trudeau government to tackle tuberculosis in Indigenous communities this budget. Inuit specifically face a TB rate reportedly 676 times higher than non-Indigenous, Canadian-born people.