The Star
Jordan Rivers Anderson, age 5, died while stuck in hospital for two years while various levels of government jurisdictions argued over who was responsible for his home-care bills.
Anderson belonged to Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba. 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.
The movement to fill the gap so that all on-reserve children with a disability or a short-term condition in Canada are treated equally is called Jordan’s Principle; and late Tuesday, Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett announced up to $382 million will go toward fixing that disparity.