Canada has announced significant changes to Jordan's Principle, a program designed to ensure First Nations children receive equal access to care and support. The changes restrict funding approvals for non-medical needs, such as home renovations, sporting events, international travel, and school-related requests, unless deemed necessary to ensure equality with non-First Nations children. This follows concerns raised by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) about the program's misuse for non-urgent items.
Canada has announced sweeping changes to a program designed to ensure First Nations kids get the care and supports they need, when they need them.
“There are modelling headshots and gaming consoles that are being paid for under Jordan’s Principle. Even if the Tribunal can appreciate their value in a child or youth’s culture, dignity, self-regulation, mental health, etc., this was never what the Tribunal envisioned under Jordan’s Principle,” reads the Jan. 29 ruling.
Those disagreements often stemmed from whether a child was living on-reserve or not, as the federal government is typically responsible for funding for on-reserve residents and provinces responsible for funding for those living off reserves. Cindy Blackstock, the head of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society — who helped launch the initial human rights complaint that led to the creation of Jordan’s Principle — said in an interview Thursday she doesn’t know specifically what Ernest was discussing in that video, but that everyone agrees the program shouldn’t be misused.
“This will ensure more consistent and clearer policies and communications about the services First Nations children can access through Jordan’s Principle and the required documentation to access those services and supports,” the bulletin said.
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