Jordan's Principle Timeline & Documents

Submissions from Amnesty International regarding the matter of including non-status First Nations children in Jordan's Principle. 

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) request to participate in the case on First Nations child welfare in the interest of supporting non-status children receiving services under Jordan's Principle. 

Response from the Assembly of First Nations regarding the Caring Society's motion for non-status First Nations children and Jordan's Principle. 

Summary of the cost categories that First Nations Child and Family Service agencies can bill Indigenous Services Canada at actual cost going forward and  retroactive billings back to January 26, 2016. Includes information on Jordan's Principle.

Affidavit of Valerie Gideon, Assistant Deputy Minister of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch at the Department of Indigenous Services Canada for the January 9, 2019 hearing before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

The Caring Society filed two documents for the Tribunal hearing on January 9, 2019:

• A Notice of Motion regarding the definition of First Nations children;
• An affidavit from Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the Caring Society. 

Caring Society factum: Shiner v. Attorney General of Canada

Amended order concerning Jordan's Principle. See also 2017 CHRT 14.

Canada files for judicial review of Tribunal orders (2017 CHRT 14) on Jordan's Principle

Shiner family files Notice of Appeal

Tribunal issues a third non-compliance order on Jordan's Principle. 

Caring Society submissions on Canada's failure to comply with the Tribunal's orders on Jordan's Principle

MP Charlie Angus (NDP) introduces a motion in the House of Commons to force the government to comply with the Tribunal ruling. The motion passes unanimously on November 1, 2016. Click below for full text of the motion and debate.

Manitoba legislature passes motion calling on Canada to comply with the CHRT decisions and implement Jordan's Principle.

Click below for full text of the motion and debate.

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issues a second Compliance Order against the Government of Canada in the First Nations child welfare case.

The Caring Society seeks interested party status in Mississaugas of the New Credit v Canada. The First Nation brought the complaint against the federal government for its alleged inadequate funding of special education for children who live on reserve. For background on the case, read this article on CBC News. 

The Caring Society seeks interested party status in Mississaugas of the New Credit v Canada. The First Nation brought the complaint against the federal government for its alleged inadequate funding of special education for children who live on reserve. For background on the case, read this article on CBC News. 

The Caring Society seeks interested party status in Mississaugas of the New Credit v Canada. The First Nation brought the complaint against the federal government for its alleged inadequate funding of special education for children who live on reserve. For background on the case, read this article on CBC News. 

The Caring Society seeks interested party status in Mississaugas of the New Credit v Canada. The First Nation brought the complaint against the federal government for its alleged inadequate funding of special education for children who live on reserve. For background on the case, read this article on CBC News. 

The Caring Society seeks interested party status in Mississaugas of the New Credit v Canada. The First Nation brought the complaint against the federal government for its alleged inadequate funding of special education for children who live on reserve. For background on the case, read this article on CBC News. 

The Caring Society seeks interested party status in Mississaugas of the New Credit v Canada. The First Nation brought the complaint against the federal government for its alleged inadequate funding of special education for children who live on reserve. For background on the case, read this article on CBC News. 

The Caring Society seeks interested party status in Mississaugas of the New Credit v Canada. The First Nation brought the complaint against the federal government for its alleged inadequate funding of special education for children who live on reserve. For background on the case, read this article on CBC News. 

The Caring Society seeks interested party status in Mississaugas of the New Credit v Canada. The First Nation brought the complaint against the federal government for its alleged inadequate funding of special education for children who live on reserve. For background on the case, read this article on CBC News. 

Assembly of First Nations resolves to support the full and proper implementation of the historic Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decisions in the provision of child welfare services and Jordan’s Principle.

See resolution no. 62 in the final resolutions of AFN 2016 Annual General Assembly.

The government submits another compliance report to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. In the submission, the government commits to invest up to $382 million to implement a broader application of Jordan's Principle, yet it continues to limit the principle's application to children living on reserve with a disability or short-term condition. Clarification is needed to understand: 1) what the funding announcement really means for children on the ground, 2) who the federal government is applying it to, and 3) how its proposed approach differs from the discriminatory approach it has used up until now.

The Canadian Paediatric Society looks at Jordan's Principle in its 2016 report Are We Doing Enough?

In its April 26, 2016 ruling, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ordered the federal government to fully implement Jordan's Principle by May 10, 2016. Read the information sheet below.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal releases its immediate relief remedies, including the full implementation of Jordan's Principle.