There have been rumblings about cuts to Indigenous services, particularly Jordan’s Principle funding, but nothing official was released. Instead, many school divisions and organizations that were assisting Indigenous youth who are living out of their First Nation communities lost Jordan’s Principle funding to help those who needed services.
The story of how Jordan’s Principle was formed was in honour of Jordan River Anderson, a young Indigenous child from Norway House Cree First Nation. He was born with a rare medical condition that required him to be hospitalized for the first years of his life. He remained in the hospital long after the medical team recommended he be discharged because neither the provincial nor federal government would take responsibility for funding his out-of-home care.