A study suggests aboriginal children often get poorer health care than other kids while governments argue over who pays the bill.
More than two dozen front-line workers in children's services were interviewed and all could point to differences in care for First Nations children and other children.
A spokeswoman for the federal government says there are currently no outstanding jurisdictional disputes involving Jordan's principle.
Jordan's principle is named after a Manitoba boy who died in hospital in 2005 after funding fights kept him from spending his last years at home.
Researchers say the government so narrowly defines the principle that cases simply disappear.
