Justice officials arguing against own government in Jordan's Principle court appeal
Federal department of Justice lawyers who are appealing a Federal Court ruling on Jordan’s Principle will find themselves arguing against their own government.
Federal department of Justice lawyers who are appealing a Federal Court ruling on Jordan’s Principle will find themselves arguing against their own government.
The federal government is appealing a court decision that ordered Ottawa to help pay for the care of a severely disabled teenager on the Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia.
There is growing frustration in the Nova Scotia community of Pictou Landing.
It is now a waiting game for the Pictou Landing band council and a mother of a severely disabled child in Nova Scotia.
Saying First Nations were in a life or death struggle, Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo urged chiefs from across the country to back his ambitious, multi-year plan to scrap the Indian Act, the department of Aboriginal affairs and replace them with a First Nation-Crow n agreement “that advances and affirms our rights.”
Jordan’s Principle was supposed to be the answer to First Nation issues that often trigger federal and provincial government fights.
Jordan’s Principle was named after Jordan River Anderson.