A spokesman for families involved in two cases where babies were switched at birth at a northern Manitoba hospital in the 1970s says they're getting a meeting with Health Minister Jane Philpott.
Former Manitoba aboriginal affairs minister Eric Robinson says Philpott has agreed to meet with the men as well as their parents and siblings, for three to four hours tomorrow in Winnipeg.
Robinson has called for the meeting with Philpott for months and says he believes the men and their families will be seeking a comprehensive counselling program.
The two cases involve four men, who went home with different parents from the federally run Norway House Indian Hospital in 1975.
Philpott called the circumstances appalling after the second case became public, and said Ottawa is taking steps to set up a third-party investigation.
Last month, the RCMP said it, too, would investigate the cases.
Robinson says learning about the switches has been difficult for the men and their families.
He says some people have told them they shouldn't be complaining because they received good upbringings.
