{"id":16362,"date":"2025-02-12T19:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/jordans-principle-to-no-longer-fund-vacations-elite-sports-new-homes-winnipeg\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T19:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:36:19","slug":"jordans-principle-to-no-longer-fund-vacations-elite-sports-new-homes-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/jordans-principle-to-no-longer-fund-vacations-elite-sports-new-homes-winnipeg\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan\u2019s Principle to no longer fund vacations, elite sports, new homes – Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sweeping changes to Jordan\u2019s Principle<\/a> have been made just days after Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said it was no longer operating \u201cwithin the spirit\u201d it was created.<\/p>\n

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The ministry\u2019s website<\/a> has been updated to clarify what will not be funded, and the list itself suggests critics were right when they sounded the alarm that the program was being abused and mismanaged<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The purchase or construction of a home, vacations, elite sport training, new furniture, private schools and vehicles are among the items that won\u2019t be funded.<\/p>\n

Indigenous Services Canada also reiterates what the fund is intended for \u2014 to \u201chelp with a wide range of health, social and educational needs, including the unique needs that First Nations Two-Spirit and LGBTQQIA children and youth and those with disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This comes after Ernest Anderson, the father of Jordan River Anderson, for whom the fund was named, took to social media asking Canadians to \u201cstand up with us\u201d in demanding a probe into how Jordan\u2019s Principle was being abused, calling it an insult to his son\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

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Jordan River Anderson died of multiple disabilities in a Winnipeg hospital in 2005 as the federal and provincial governments fought over who should pay for his care at home. The House of Commons passed Jordan\u2019s Principle to ensure First Nations children would get programs, services and supports when they need them and not be caught in jurisdictional wrangling.<\/p>\n

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The boy\u2019s legacy is Jordan\u2019s Principle<\/a>, which was to ensure that on-reserve First Nations children get their health, social and educational needs met the same as off-reserve and non-Indigenous children.<\/p>\n

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Weeks after Anderson spoke out, Hajdu said changes were happening to return the initiative to its original intent.<\/p>\n