OTTAWA, Ont.—Federal ministers recently announced that Indigenous women's shelters in Canada will receive $103 million in funding from the federal government, to help women and girls who have been victims of violence. The investment is intended to provide at least 178 shelter spaces and transitional houses.

The funding will support 22 projects in 21 communities across the country, off and on reserves, in the north and in urban areas.

The funding does come with a couple of problems, Sen. Michèle Audette says. While the money addresses one of the key recommendations of the National Inqu...