Jordan River Anderson

Jordan River Anderson of Norway House Cree Nation was ready to go home from hospital when he was two years old but he went on to spent over two years unnecessarily in hospital as the Province of Manitoba and the Government of Canada could not agree on who should pay for his at home care. Tragically for Jordan, he passed away at the age of 5 never having spent a day in a family home while governments continued to argue. First Nations children are often denied services available to all other children because of payment and jurisdictional disputes within and between the federal and provincial/territorial governments. Jordan’s Principle is a child first principle named in memory of Jordan River Anderson and calls on the government of first contact to pay for services for the child and then seek reimbursement later so the child does not get tragically caught in the middle of government red tape. Jordan’s Principle applies to ALL government services and must be adopted, and fully implemented by the Government of Canada and all provinces and territories. Jordan left a legacy of equity for all other children – now it is our turn to make sure it is implemented. Read the whole story here

On June 11th, 2012
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