NWT won’t rule out legal action over Jordan’s Principle education cuts – Cabin Radio
April 21, 2026
The NWT’s education minister said the federal government “cannot walk away from the table” as she declined to rule out legal action over Jordan’s Principle changes being blamed for deep cuts in northern school staffing.
Inuvik is losing 13 classroom teachers, almost a quarter of the town’s classroom teaching workforce. Many support assistants in the Beaufort Delta and elsewhere in the NWT are also facing layoffs.
In all, hundreds of positions are said to be affected, though the NWT does not have a precise overall tally.
