Ontario Aboriginal Affairs Minister in Kenora

The provincial government is going to be setting up a commission to look into the fundingfor child welfare agencies in the province.

Aboriginal Affairs minister Brad Duguid was in Kenora yesterday to speak with chief ofTreaty Three and city council.

Duguid says there is clearly a problem, and they want to find out the best wayto care for our children.

A number of child welfare agencies in the region have been experiencing shortfalls, butDuguid suggests money spent has tripled in the past ten years with no appreciableincrease in caseload.