As part of the government’s response to the Viens Commission, the MMIWG Inquiry and the Report on Racism, funding for an increased deployment of courtworker services for Indigenous people ($6 million):
- Adjustment of the compensation for courtworkers already employed ($1 million);
- Increased funding for the operation of Indigenous organizations responsible for providing courtworker services ($2.5 million);
- Hiring of new courtworkers from within the community for First Nations and Inuit ($2.5 million);
Related Updates:
Empowering communities to boost access to justice (January 30, 2024)
New program to house, help Indigenous women who are released from jail opens in Saskatoon (April 14, 2023)
New Indigenous Justice Centre coming to Kelowna (March 31, 2023)
Manitoba Indigenous organizations taking the lead on court supports (February 7, 2023)
Restorative Research, Innovation and Education Lab at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University (March 14, 2022)
BC First Nations Justice Strategy (January 20, 2022)
Opposition to Gladue Reports (January 6, 2022)
Alberta Community Restorative Justice Grants. (November 18, 2021)