Tuesday, May 4, 2010

MP Nicki Ashton visits Kenora









New Democrats in the House of Commons are calling on the federal government to restore funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.

Nicki Ashton is the M.P. for the Churchill Riding in Manitoba and says a total of 134 programs across the country have closed their doors, including a number in northwestern Ontario.

Ashton says the Aboriginal Healing Foundation provided three million dollars a year for programs in the Kenora Riding.