Five-year tripartite funding agreement with the Province of Prince Edward Island and the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island (MCPEI). This agreement, which will total $600,000, will fund the MCPEI’s Indigenous Justice Program and support community-based justice programming and projects such as justice circles, including accused, victims, families and the community. It also works to build capacity within the PEI Mi’kmaq community so that they can assume a greater role in the administration of justice, by providing ongoing education to justice system personnel and partners in order to increase their understanding of Indigenous justice issues.

As well, where appropriate, the Program supports Indigenous persons caught in the criminal justice system in accessing culturally relevant, community-based justice alternatives.