Manitoba men weep after learning they were switched at birth 41 years ago

In November, the Manitoba government said two other men who were close friends were also switched at birth in 1975, at the same Norway House Hospital. As they grew up, people noticed how they resembled each other's family more than their own.

Eric Robinson, a former Manitoba cabinet minister who is helping the men in the latest case, said there were always suspicions in the community about their parentage

'What happened to them is criminal.

Eric Robinson (pictured), a former Manitoba cabinet minister who is helping the men in the latest case, said there were always suspicions in the community about their parentage

'We can live with one mistake, but two mistakes of a similar nature is not acceptable.

'We can't slough it off as being a mistake. It was a criminal act.'

The former aboriginal affairs minister added he suspects there are more undiscovered cases.

'It's something (the government) can't sweep under the carpet. There are lingering questions out there,' Robinson said.

The federal government owes these people,' Robinson said.