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It is the result of ongoing work by the Jordan’s Principle Working Group, a collaboration between the Assembly of First Nations, the Canadian Paediatric Society, UNICEF Canada, and a team of researchers based at McGill University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Manitoba. [...] Accordingly, they can better assume the responsibilities to ensure equitable treatment of First Nations children outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Human Rights Act and other federal, provincial/territorial, and First Nations legislation and agreements. [...] The lack of transparency in the governmental response has complicated efforts to describe the governmental response to Jordan’s Principle and to provide clear and comprehensive recommendations about the specific policy changes required in order to realize the vision of Jordan’s Principle advanced by First Nations and endorsed by the House of Commons. [...] Conclusions Based on review of the evidence presented in the studies summarized above, the Jordan’s Principle Working Group concludes that nine conditions must be satisfied in order for a governmental response to reflect the vision of Jordan’s Principle advanced by First Nations and endorsed by the House of Commons, and to achieve the goals of Jordan’s Principle: 1. Jordan’s Principle must apply t [...] Chapter 1: Call to Action from the Jordan’s Principle Working Group 19 The Jordan’s Principle Working Group further finds that the development and implementation of a governmental response that reflects the vision of Jordan’s Principle must be accompanied by systematic measures to remedy the underlying jurisdictional ambiguities and underfunding that give rise to Jordan’s Principle cases.