By Amy Romer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society says “Canada” has failed to properly implement Jordan’s Principle and Indigenous families trying to apply for support are facing a dire backlog. The organization has filed 1,000 pages of evidence to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal supporting a non-compliance motion against the federal government for failing on its promise of timely access to health care for First Nations children. An affidavit from executive director Cindy Blackstock filed on January 12th says the federal government has allowed problems to “fester to crisis levels” with First Nations children paying the price. The Caring Society is asking the Human Rights Tribunal to order the federal government to take various actions to address the pileup of Jordan’s Principle requests. In…
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