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November 21, 2024
Tribunal orders Canada to address Jordan’s Principle backlog immediately
Canada also ordered to consult with First Nations on solutions and a new complaints system CBC Indigenous: The federal government must deal immediately with a backlog of claims under the Jordan’s Principle program for First Nations kids, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled. In a letter decision released Thursday, the quasi-judicial panel ordered Canada to consult First Nations groups on...
November 1, 2024
Mi’kmaw mother could lose custody of 3 disabled children after feds threaten to cut funding
Family’s lawyer says Ottawa contacted Nova Scotia child welfare authorities, wants province to foot bill Ottawa threatens to cut funding from First Nations family with high needs: 19 hours ago, Duration 2:10 A Mi’kmaw family is on the verge of losing essential supports for three children with disabilities because the federal government wants the Nova Scotia...
October 25, 2024
‘Funding crisis’ for Jordan’s Principle jeopardizes Manitoba First Nations children’s lives: chief
Some communities waiting months to receive money, says Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs acting grand chief CBC Indigenous: First Nations leaders in Manitoba say Canada has fallen flat in its duty to fund a federal policy meant to ensure First Nations kids can swiftly access essential health-care services and products. Although the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal...
September 11, 2024
AFN says there is a ‘lack of evidence’ about Jordan’s Principle non-compliance complaint
APTN News: The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) says the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) should be cautious when dealing with a non-compliance motion on Jordan’s Principle brought by the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society. “In this proceeding, there is a great lack of evidence,” said AFN lawyer Stuart Wuttke. “We have evidence...
September 11, 2024
Feds urge human rights tribunal to dismiss concerns over Jordan’s Principle backlog
‘It’s time now to allow Canada to manage its own operations,’ argues Justice Canada lawyer CBC Indigenous: The federal government is urging the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to dismiss a leading First Nations child advocate’s concerns about a large backlog of unprocessed Jordan’s Principle requests. In Ottawa this week, a federal lawyer tried to refute allegations...
September 10, 2024
Human rights tribunal hears feds failing to meet Jordan’s Principle commitments
APTN News: The executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society says the federal government is not meeting its commitments to process tens of thousands of Jordan’s Principle requests in a timely manner. “That means children who have requests – urgent needs sometimes – their emails are not even being opened,” said...
July 16, 2024
Manitoba mother cuts ties with Jordan’s Principle after troubling experience
APTN News: When Laura Bone wakes up, her four-year-old daughter Jade is the first thing on her mind. A whiteboard on the wall reminds her of Jade’s feeding schedule. There are binders of medical documents filled with diagnoses, discharge forms and future appointment dates. For the single mother of eight, it’s a full-time job. Jade...
July 8, 2024
Advocate questions how PM can plan apology for First Nations child welfare while government ‘wrongdoing’ persists
The Globe and Mail: Ottawa – Indigenous children’s advocate Cindy Blackstock is questioning how the Prime Minister can apologize for harms caused by the First Nations child-welfare system while she says there is continuing wrongdoing that will be the subject of hearings at Canada’s human-rights tribunal. In late June, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a letter...
June 27, 2024
Resolutions on child welfare barred from AFN assembly as chiefs raise concerns
APTN News: The Assembly of First Nations is not allowing resolutions on child welfare at its coming annual general assembly, including one that called for it to publicly apologize for comments made in front of a tribunal. Khelsilem, a chairperson with Squamish Nation, brought forward a resolution related to reforms of Jordan’s Principle, a legal...
April 25, 2024
Ottawa failing to meet Jordan’s Principle deadlines for First Nations kids’ care most of the time
The policy is supposed to ensure timely access to health care, social services for vulnerable children CBC Indigenous: Indigenous Services Canada is taking longer to respond to urgent requests to get First Nations children access to medical care and social services and it’s putting lives at risk, critics say. Under a program known as Jordan’s Principle, the...
April 5, 2024
First Nations leaders split on strategy amid Jordan’s Principle hearing
Leaders mull negotiation versus litigation as $20B child welfare reform deal remains outstanding CBC Indigenous: As First Nations leaders and the federal government bear down to try to seal a multibillion-dollar deal on child and family services reform, more than money is on the line. Advocate Cindy Blackstock says children’s lives remain at risk due to Ottawa’s...
April 4, 2024
Federal government has no excuse for not meeting Jordan’s Principle standards: Blackstock
APTN News: Cindy Blackstock says the federal government needs to start putting First Nations kids first and meeting its Jordan’s Principle commitments. “I would like to see a lot less focus on what is happening with the bureaucrats and a lot more focus on kids,” the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family...
April 2, 2024
Federal government failing to live up to Jordan’s Principle: Blackstock
Human rights tribunal hearings taking place all week. APTN News: The head of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society says more Indigenous children are dying because of Ottawa’s failure to meet its commitments under Jordan’s Principle. “We want Canada to abide by its legal order so that kids stop being hurt and kids...
January 4, 2024
Ottawa is supposed to process First Nations families’ child services requests within days. Sometimes it makes them wait a year
First Nations families are waiting for as long as a year to have their applications for child and family services assessed by the federal government — even though Ottawa has been ordered to process them within 12 to 48 hours. Toronto Star: First Nations families are waiting for as long as a year to have...
June 28, 2023
Backlog at federal Indigenous children’s program leaves families to shoulder heavy bills
Families, service providers take drastic measures to stay afloat under Jordan’s Principle CBC News: First Nations families and service providers are covering hundreds of thousands of dollars in health-related bills while they wait for an overwhelmed federal program to reimburse them, CBC News has learned. Indigenous Services Canada says it is facing unprecedented demand under the...
January 1, 2023
Denial rates of services and supports for First Nations children varied drastically by region during the pandemic
The Globe and Mail: Marsha McLeod In 2007, just before the House of Commons rose for its Christmas break, parliamentarians voted unanimously to adopt a principle meant to put the needs of First Nations children ahead of bureaucratic government conveniences. Jean Crowder, the then-MP who brought forward the motion to adopt Jordan’s Principle, warned her parliamentary colleagues...
January 24, 2022
First Nations Excluded from Ontario COVID program
Toronto Star – First Nations children in Ontario are excluded from the provincial governments commitments “that all schools in Ontario will have access to rapid COVID tests and N95 masks for teachers, as well as upgraded masks for students and HEPA filters in each classroom.” Excuses from provincial leaders hold that this is the responsibility...
November 5, 2020
Jordan’s Principle Expenses
Oakville Beaver – This past June, Jordan’s Principle abruptly cut funding for his daughter’s treatment, saying it was “too expensive,” said the girl’s father, Stephen Paquette, Indigenous Knowledge Guide for the Halton District School Board. Despite repeated requests, Indigenous Services Canada has so far refused to provide any budgetary guidance so he can find less...
September 16, 2020
Manitoba Judicial Review
Manitoba Government – is seeking a judicial review of the Manitoba Human Rights Commission decision to award damages to a First Nations family. “All Manitobans deserve to know what services they can access when they need them, and we believe this ruling confuses rather than clarifies which level of government is responsible for providing health...
August 19, 2020
Manitoba Judicial Review
CBC – A Manitoba Human Rights Commission decision found a First Nations family was discriminated against “on the basis of their ancestry as Anishinaabe people and the disability of Dewey a teen who wasn’t able to access consistent health care on reserve because of jurisdictional disputes and systemic discrimination…The province maintaining the federal government is...