His death was a glaring example of the unequal levels of health care — and all social services — indigenous children in Canada receive compared to nonindigenous children. But Blackstock questions how Ottawa will define Jordan’s Principle and if they will apply it to all services for children including education. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in January that the Canadian government was racially discriminating against 163,000 First Nations children and that to change this, Ottawa should implement Jordan’s Principle. The funding inequities between indigenous and non-indigenous children have been a global black eye for Canada. The government had until Wednesday to respond, said Cindy Blackstock of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.

Source: thestar July 05, 2016 20:50 UTC