No one-size-fits-all approach to addiction

Is there some juicy story that precipitated Hunter Tootoo’s departure from cabinet and the Liberal caucus? I don’t know, but I do know everyone who struggles with addictions handles their public reveal, if they have one, as they see fit.

When Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan, left, checked into a rehab in December, he received the full support from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the time. Mr. O'Regan successfully completed his 40-day rehab in January. Former fisheries minister Hunter Tootoo resigned abruptly on May 31 to seek professional help to address addiction issues. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

June 15, 2016

OTTAWA—Earlier this week, my Hill Times colleague Abbas Rana reported that former fisheries minister Hunter Tootoo, who recently resigned from cabinet to seek treatment for addiction issues, was at the

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