Ottawa says it will create an Inuit equivalent to Jordan’s Principle – Nunatsiaq.com
July 03, 2018
Policy would ensure children don’t face health care delays over jurisdictional disputes
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 federal government implemented Jordan’s Principle in 2017, a year after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that First Nations children received discriminatory treatment in accessing health care due to delays caused by jurisdictional conflicts.
The policy and related funding are intended to resolve jurisdictional disputes between provincial/territorial and federal governments over the cost of health care services, when children have to travel away from home to receive them.
