Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 3
Exploring Theme: "Jordan's Principle Commitments"
Updates on this page: 36
December 17, 2023
Canada’s December 17 2023 Letter to Tribunal re: Caring Society Notice of Motion on Jordan’s Principle
NationTalk: December 18, 2023 December 17, 2023 Judy DuboisRegistry OfficerCanadian Human Rights Tribunal160 Elgin Street, 11th FloorOttawa, ON K1A 1J4 Dear Ms. Dubois: Re: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society et al v Attorney General of Canada, Tribunal File: T1340/7008 Response of the Attorney General of Canada Please bring this correspondence to the attention...
September 1, 2023
NAN Hosts 2nd Annual Choose Life AGM, Looks to Build on Success of Program in NAN Communities
NationTalk: THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Deputy Grand Chief Bobby Narcisse acknowledge the Choose Life coordinators, community leaders, Elders, women, and youth who travelled to Thunder Bay this week for the second annual Choose Life Annual General Meeting: “Miigwetch to the Choose Life coordinators, community leaders, youth and...
May 27, 2023
‘I feel like I’m not behind’: Indigenous students in Manitoba embrace Jordan’s Principle supports
Growing co-ordinator program tackles education achievement gaps for Indigenous kids Illeanna Knott is preparing to graduate from high school next month. The 17-year-old loves to draw and hopes to pursue a career in the arts after she finishes at her school in Brandon. For the first half of the school year, the teen juggled extracurricular activities...
July 20, 2022
SCO Adds Jordan’s Principle Coordinator at HSC Winnipeg Children’s Hospital
ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is pleased to announce that after working with Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg (HSC) Children’s Hospital and Indigenous Health for more than a year, a Jordan’s Principle Coordinator is now available at HSC Children’s to support First Nation children and their families, throughout their care...
January 4, 2022
Agreements-in-Principle
Government of Canada – Agreements-in-Principle have been reached on a global resolution related to compensation for those harmed by discriminatory underfunding of First Nations child and family services and to achieve long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services program and Jordan’s Principle, to ensure that no child faces discrimination again. First Agreements-in-Principle...
October 19, 2021
BC Commitment to First Nations
The Province of BC confirmed that it has responsibility for providing health services to all residents of BC, including First Nations. Additionally, committees, such as the Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health and the Implementation Committee, work in direct partnership with FNHA to advance progress on issues like Jordan’s Principle...
June 4, 2021
Federal Government puts restrictions on certifying claims filed from 1991 to 2007
APTN – The federal government had “conditioned its consent” and would only certify the claims if the Jordan’s Principle victims from between 1991 and 2007 were removed. Ottawa plans to fight in court against these families because their claims date to before 2007, arguing Canada isn’t legally liable for their suffering because Jordan’s Principle didn’t...
March 12, 2021
Federal government judicial reviews on compensation and definitions for Jordan’s Principle
The federal government filed its written submissions to the federal court on its application for judicial reviews on the issues of compensation and the definition of a First Nation’s child for the purposes of Jordan’s Principle eligibility. On the issue of compensation, the September 2019 ruling demonstrates “an overreach of jurisdiction which fails to adequately advance fair,...
December 22, 2020
Expanded eligibility under Jordan’s Principle
NationTalk – Announced expanded eligibility under Jordan’s Principle to children who are recognized as members by their nation regardless of where they live in Canada on an ongoing basis. This work is as a direct response to the July and November 2020 CHRT orders regarding Jordan’s Principle eligibility, which Canada has been fully implementing since November...
September 16, 2020
Judicial review of MHRC decision
NationTalk – The Manitoba Government is seeking a Judicial Review of a Manitoba Human Rights Commission decision that found a First Nations family was discriminated against because they could not access provincial health care and related services on reserve announced Indigenous and Northern Relations Minister Eileen Clarke. “A judicial review of this decision will bring much...
September 4, 2020
Federal Government certifies claims for Moushoom class-action lawsuit
Canadian Press – The federal government has agreed to certify the claims put forward by the Assembly of First Nations and the Moushoom class counsel in their class-action lawsuit from Feb. 12, 2020 and enter into mediation to reach a negotiated settlement for damages and justice for the thousands of First Nations children and families that...
June 1, 2020
CHRT clarification on compensation definitions
The latest ruling provides clarification on the following definitions related to compensation regarding Jordan’s Principle: essential service, service gap, and unreasonable delay. The Tribunal upheld several issues related to the definitions that the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) put forward, including that a service did not need to be requested to be considered “essential,” and that...
September 24, 2019
A Long Wait for Change
“A Long Wait for Change: Independent Review of Child Protection Services to Inuit Children in Newfoundland and Labrador” released with the following recommendation # 21: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador vigorously adopt and observe Jordan’s Principle for Indigenous children and youth, and work with the federal government to access available federal resources to help...
June 20, 2019
Bill C-92 passes in House of Commons
Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families” passed in House of Commons. “The goal with this legislation is to apply laws, policies and values to systems designed and implemented by First Nations for First Nations with the focus on providing every opportunity for our children to grow up...
March 19, 2019
Budget 2019-20
Budget 2019-20 pledges $1.2 billion over three years — $404 million per year beginning in 2019-2020 — to develop a long-term approach for services for First Nations children....
March 19, 2019
Budget 2019 funding for Inuit children
Due to the remoteness of their home communities and the limited availability of culturally appropriate services, Inuit children face a number of unique challenges accessing health and social services. To address the immediate needs of Inuit children, Budget 2019 proposes to invest $220 million over five years, beginning in 2019–20, to provide services to Inuit children...
November 10, 2018
Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding on Jordan’s Principle.
Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services alongside Chiefs from Maskwacis, Chief Joseph Weasel Child from Siksika Nation, Chief Clara Moberly from Bigstone Cree Nation and Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council which are represented by the First Nations Health Consortium and Danielle Larivée, Minister of Children’s Services for the Government of Alberta will sign...
October 19, 2018
EAGLE Urban Transition Centre
The funds ($1,187,715) support Jordan’s Principle for First Nations children living off reserve. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is administering the funds for programming, a project coordinator, and respite workers. Programming support delivered to off-reserve residents includes dental, medical appointments, therapy programs, and respite support to families with children ages 0 to 21. Delivered...
July 26, 2018
Jordan’s Principle Coordination Report
Saskatchewan First Nations Jordan’s Principle Coordination Report released. All 22 information sessions in 13 locations across Saskatchewan, from March 8-May 26 focused on providing information to First Nations Service providers on reserve. The value of community-based info sessions heightened the awareness and understanding of service providers and following the sessions, 90% of attendees were ready and...
July 3, 2018
Federal government new policy for Inuit children
The federal government has pledged to develop a new policy to ensure Inuit children have equitable access to health care and other public services, regardless of where they live and where they go to receive care. The new initiative is meant to be an equivalent to another policy in place for First Nations children. The...
April 30, 2018
First Nations, Canada and Ontario commitments
First Nations, Canada and Ontario committed to jointly reform the policy and funding approaches for First Nations Child and Family Services in Ontario...
February 18, 2018
FNHA now administers Jordan’s Principle
The First Nations Health Authority is now administering Jordan’s Principle cases in British Columbia. The change comes from an administrative arrangement with the Government of Canada. Jordan’s principle was put into place to prevent First Nations children from being denied or experiencing delays in receiving health services. ...
February 9, 2018
Jordan’s Principle Call Centre
Indigenous Services Canada has opened a new Call Centre to help First Nations children get services and supports under the child-first jurisdictional policy known as Jordan’s Principle. The centre will provide families with direct access to agents who will start the intake process and connect them to the Jordan’s Principle representative in their area. The...
November 30, 2017
Withdrawal of judicial review
Federal government is withdrawing its application for judicial review of two aspects of the ruling that the Government if Canada was seeking to set aside by the Federal Court: requests for services must be processed within 12 to 48 hours, and must be processed without case conferencing. ...
July 20, 2017
Alberta funding for children on reserves
Govt. plans to provide more money and services to children at risk on reserves. Will no longer wait for federal govt to provide necessary funding and will negotiate later...
April 10, 2017
Tripartite Reconciliation Charter
Signed tripartite Reconciliation Charter between Governments of Canada and BC and First Nations Leadership Council (BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit and Union of BC Indian Chiefs). ...
December 16, 2016
Notice to Federal Government of failure to comply
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) filed a motion asking the tribunal to find the federal government guilty of failing to comply with the tribunal’s orders regarding Jordan’s Principle, or, providing indigenous kids living on reserve with the same essential services as non-indigenous children....
October 27, 2016
Federal government defines Jordan’s Principle services
Government position is that great proportion of these children are receiving support for respite care, and funding has also been provided for supports such as: specialized medical equipment and supplies; medical transportation; specialized day programs; and addiction treatment programs. Our government has also committed to enhancing service coordination and to working with our provincial and...
June 10, 2016
F/P/T Governments commitment to Reconciliation
Federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for Aboriginal Affairs, and the leaders of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Métis National Council (MNC), Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), Indigenous Peoples’ Assembly of Canada (IPAC) and Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) met together and confirmed a new approach in support of improving outcomes for Indigenous peoples...
October 5, 2015
Meeting the Challenge of Reconciliation
The Government of the Northwest Territories supports the adoption of a child-first principle to resolve disputes involving the care of First Nations children, but notes that there is a single health and social services system throughout the NWT that does not have separate health and social services for on-reserve First Nations children and families. (Meeting...
November 23, 2011
Speech from the Throne
Speech from the Throne: Your government firmly believes a child’s needs should come before cost or jurisdiction and will implement Jordan’s Principle on providing public services for Aboriginal children during this session....
February 26, 2010
Child and Youth Advocate report
CBC: The province’s child and youth advocate, released a report earlier this week that sounded the alarm for children living on First Nations communities and made 93 recommendations. Among those reforms, Richard’s report called for the federal and provincial governments to hammer out an agreement on Jordan’s Principle by Sept. 1. The New Brunswick government...
September 16, 2009
Interim document related to Jordan’s Principle
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN), the Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada agreed to an interim document related to Jordan’s Principle, and committed to working together to move forward on developing a final arrangement to fully implement Jordan’s Principle. The interim implementation represents the first time in Canada an agreement on Jordan’s Principle has been...
August 31, 2009
New funding formula
INAC announced a tripartite agreement which shifted First Nations child and family service agencies in Quebec from Directive 20-1 funding to the “enhanced prevention focused funding” formula (INAC, 2010). The new formula includes maintenance, operational, and prevention funds. Maintenance funds are meant to cover costs of each child in care, operational funds are intended to...
November 24, 2008
Bill 203 Jordan’s Principle Implementation Act
Private Member’s Bill 203 Jordan Principle Implementation Act was introduced in the Manitoba Legislature but never made it to 2nd reading....
December 12, 2007
Jordan’s principle receives unanimous consent in House of Commons
Debate took place in the House of Commons on Jordan’s Principle (Private Member’s Motion M-296, 2007) where the bill received unanimous support....
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