Indigenous Services Canada has announced changes to Jordan’s Principle that will narrow eligibility for funding requests. APTN News reports that Canada recently appeared before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a case examining issues with the processes around Jordan’s Principle funding. In its ruling, the tribunal expressed its concern about the shift in some of the funding requests being submitted to Canada and offered clarifications on what constitutes an urgent issue. Indigenous Services Canada posted an operational bulletin in which it explained that it will not approve funding for certain items—including school-related requests that are not linked to the specific health, social, or educational need of a First nations child—unless “such funding is required by substantive quality.” ISC Minister Patty Hajdu also stated that “big, large, group requests from provinces and territories for education supports for within off-reserve school systems” will no longer be funded under Jordan’s Principle.
