Mr. Speaker, no relationship is as important as Canada's relationship with indigenous peoples.
Our government is fully implementing Jordan's principle, using the definition and scope suggested by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. We have approved approximately 20,000 new service requests for children under Jordan's principle. More than 99% of the requests received have been approved. We are continuing to identify as many first nations children in need as possible to ensure they receive care quickly.
At the end of the day, this is about closing the socio-economic gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous children in Canada.
We will continue to work with first nations partners to build capacity in communities and identify more children in need to ensure we put the health and safety of children first.