WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it's making progress on an inquiry report into the murder of a five-year-old girl, but some of the recommendations may take years to implement.
The province says it is so far following through on 31 of the 62 recommendations from the $14-million inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair.
The girl was repeatedly failed by the child-welfare system and was confined and beaten to death by her mother and mother's boyfriend.
Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross says the province is already making changes such as more training for social workers and more funding to keep caseloads down.
But she says other measures, such as a new central database to track children, may be years away.
Irvin-Ross has also announced other child welfare measures, including a new six-bed secure facility in Winnipeg for older children who are at risk of running away.