Federal judge deems Ottawa’s refusal of Jordan’s Principle funds to renovate mouldy home ‘unreasonable’
Federal judge deems Ottawa’s refusal of Jordan’s Principle funds to renovate mouldy home ‘unreasonable’

Joanne Powless, 65 of the Oneida Nation of the Thames is the primary caregiver for her two granddaughters. The family has been fighting Ottawa for three years to fix their mould-contaminated home which has caused the girls, aged eight and 10, to suffer from severe asthma and multiple hospitalizations.

A federal court has overturned and granted a judicial review of Indigenous Services of Canada's (ISC) decision to deny an Oneida Nation of the Thames woman funding to renovate her mould-contaminated home, which she says has caused her granddaughters' asthma symptoms to worsen.