Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"

More money needed to help clients says Waseskun employee. APTN News: Nestled in the trees by St. Alphonse Rodriguez, a small community 100 km north of Montreal, the Waseskun Healing Centre doesn’t look like a typical minimum-security prison. The centre is funded by the Correctional Service of Canada but it employs its own healing programs which the...

Recommendation # 13 Recommend that CSC re-allocate very significant resources to negotiate new funding arrangements and agreements with appropriate partners and service providers to transfer care, custody and supervision of Indigenous people from prison to the community. This would include creation of new section 81 capacity in urban areas and section 84 placements in private...

In 2017, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) strengthened the Section 81 funding arrangement to better support their operations and respond to the needs of Indigenous communities and organizations managing those Healing Lodges. The new funding formula provides fixed and variable payments that will equal to the negotiated daily rate. The fixed cost which is normally a...

In 2009-2010, Correction Services Canada (CSC) allocated $21,555,037 for CSC lodges and $4,819,479 for section 81 lodges. This discrepancy in funding meant that Section 81 lodges had to pay their employees up to 50% less and may be unable to provide adequate training. According to the Office of the Correctional Investigator, the original intent was...

Correction Services Canada “Spirit Matters” Recommendations CSC should create the position of Deputy Commissioner for Aboriginal Corrections to ensure that adequate co-ordination takes place between and among the various components of CSC, federal partners and Aboriginal communities. CSC should develop a long-term strategy for additional Section 81 agreements and significantly increase the number of bed...

Correctional Services Canada (CSC) is currently updating a number of policies to ensure timely assessment of Indigenous community applications for a Section 81 Agreement while strengthening how CSC processes the transfer of Indigenous offenders to Healing Lodges as part of their reintegration plans to the community. CSC is currently reviewing several Indigenous Community Expressions of...