Cracks in the system: What’s actually going on with Jordan’s Principle?

In this episode, we’re putting Jordan’s Principle InFocus.

For nearly 20 years the federal government has been running a program called Jordan’s Principle.

The program is supposed to provide First Nations children living on reserve with the same services children living off-reserve could receive.

It’s named after Jordan River Anderson – a boy from Norway House Cree Nation who was born with multiple health issues in a Winnipeg hospital.

Throughout his short life, Canada and the province of Manitoba argued over who would pay for his at-home care.

In the end, Jordan never made it home.

Twenty years after his death, the program is in shambles—and it seems no one knows what is and isn’t covered.

APTN’s Parliament Hill reporter Karyn Pugliese joins host Cierra Bettens to unravel what is going on.

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