The Conversation Canada
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Oct 1, 2026
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Does Jordan’s Principle need reform, or just reliable funding?
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Ginette Lavack
Mandy Gull-Masty
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Rebecca Chartrand
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In February 2025, Ottawa tightened the rules on what qualifies and the effects were swift.
In a six-month period, it fell from $122 million in 2024 to $1.2 million in 2025.
Since 2007, the principle has changed in scope.
Outside a Winnipeg summit on Jordan’s Principle in September 2018, Bernadette Sumner said her family struggled for years to get a specialized wheelchair and bed for her 17-year-old son Keanu, who has achondroplasia and is paraplegic.
Approved funding rose for several years, reaching $1.72 billion in 2023-24.
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Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty, centre, is joined by Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Rebecca Chartrand, left, and and Liberal MPs Ginette Lavack for a news conference on Jordan’s Principle, in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Feb. 26, 2026.
Does Jordan’s Principle need reform, or just reliable funding?
Published: October 1, 2026 11.41am EDT
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The House of Commons of Canada adopted Jordan’s Principle in 2007 to ensure First Nations children have equitable access to government services.…
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