Budget erred by suggesting Ottawa backing away from Inuit TB eradication, minister says

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The Indigenous services minister says the Liberal government made a mistake in the federal budget by appearing to back away from its promise to eradicate tuberculosis in Inuit communities.

In the document released last week, the government announced $16.2 million over three years for “interventions to reduce rates of tuberculosis” — a departure in language from its commitment to eliminate the infectious disease from the four regions that make up the Inuit homeland, known as Inuit Nunangat, within seven years.

Patty Hajdu told CBC News the word “reduce” was an error.

“The goal from our perspective has always been to eliminate tuberculosis,” the minister

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