Ottawa says he will continue to financing Jordan’s principle to support the children of the first nations until 2026, since some bosses of the first nations denounce what they call cuts in the services.
The Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, announced the extension in a press release on Saturday, approximately 24 hours before a federal electoral campaign is expected to begin.
The principle intends to ensure that the children of the first nations can access the health, social or educational services funded by the government, regardless of where they live and without seeing their cases bogged down in jurisdictional disputes.
No specific expense amounts were provided in the last announcement, but Hajdu said that the Government has invested $ 8.8 billion in the beginning since it was established in 2016.
“More than 8.9 million products, services and supports have been approved since 2016 under Jordan’s principle,” Hajdu said in his statement.
Jordan’s principle is derived from a human rights complaint presented by the assembly of the first nations and the family of the first nations and the society of affection in 2007, and bears the name of Jordan River AndersonA five -year -old boy from Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba who died in 2005 in the middle of a two -year battle between the province and Ottawa about who would pay for his care.
Aid of applications
The leaders of the first nations have complained for months that the federal government has not provided the communities financing and vital resources through the Jordan principle.
Cindy Blackstock, director of the family and family of the first nations, launched a motion of breach against Canada at the beginning of last year, and the Canadian Human Rights Court ruled in December of Canada to address the accumulation of applications, along with the creation of an independent complaint mechanism.
Blackstock was not immediately available to comment on Saturday. However, he has accused the government of avoiding legal obligations and not providing evidence of misuse or how extended it is the supposed problem.
Blackstock has also argued that the government takes too long to process applications, leaving children without access to services, and said the problem of orders portfolio is a problem of government creation itself.
Last week, the assembly of Manitoba Chiefs accused the government of not fulfilling their duties when denying applications and reducing funds. The bosses accused Trudeau’s negligence government and requested recently sworn in Prime Minister Mark Carney to rectify what the bosses called a broken system.
The Federal Government confirmed in December that there were 140,000 backward applications throughout Canada, but said that the legal order that required rapid action in this regard would be “challenging” to implement.
The Government also argued before the Canada Human Rights Court that the requests were being made for a strip of non -urgent issues, saying that the scope of the Jordan principle had become too broad and contributed to the accumulation of applications.
Last month, the Federal Government announced that it prohibits the approvals of funds for housing renovations, sporting events, international trips and non -medical support or requests related to the school unless it is necessary to guarantee equality with children that are not the first nations.
Hajdu said in his Saturday statement that he has asked the indigenous services of Canada to review the contribution agreements of the recipients of the first nations to ensure that the expenses incurred under the beginning in 2024-25 are considered to obtain funds.
“This review is aimed at supporting partners who provide critical services to the children of the first nations through the transition to the new operational procedures related to processing requests under the Jordan principle,” he said.
