MPs head to Nunavut to study ‘tragic epidemic’ of suicide – CBC

Sep 22, 2016

Standing committee chair says suicide study will ‘change Canadian policy with regards to the North’

Nunavut’s struggle with a high rate of suicide will once again be in the political spotlight Friday, as a House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs hears testimony about the crisis in Iqaluit.

Six members of parliament will attend the meeting, where more than a dozen witnesses from Nunavut and the Inuit region of Labrador will talk about suicide and what they hope the government will do to help stop it.

Liberal MP Andy Fillmore, who chairs the standing committee, says it’s important to hear from people who can’t travel to Ottawa.

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