Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

If the federal government publishes tight service standards, merges duplicative forms, pays on time, and reports honestly, families and front-line clinicians will feel the difference within weeks.

Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty. Process is policy. Right now, process defects are doing the damage, writes Irving Gold.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY IRVING GOLD

October 8, 2025

Eight-year-old Maya can’t bathe safely without a custom chair. Her occupational therapist filed the paperwork months ago. The request is still in a federal queue. Maya grows; the tub doesn’t. A simple piece of equipment is stalled by a system that was designed—by law�...

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