ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: federal grants and contributions: 18 agreements; $798M value; 1 departments; 8 programs.
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Five-year cost-shared agreement between Canada and the Province of Ontario for the delivery of criminal, and immigration and refugee legal aid. Ontario's five-year allocation for criminal legal aid will be $247,072,884. Ontario will also receive a portion of the $62,900,000 five-year federal allocation for immigration and refugee legal aid, which will be calculated on an annual basis. In addition, Ontario may receive further increases to its immigration and refugee legal aid funding allocation to address pressures.
Five-year cost-shared agreement between Canada and the Province of Ontario for the delivery of criminal legal aid. Ontario's five-year allocation for criminal legal aid will be $259,367,248. Ontario will also receive an additional $20,254,570 in 2023-24 from the $60 million announced in Budget 2022 for criminal legal aid. This additional funding is subject to the approval by the Treasury Board of Canada and the appropriation of funds by the Parliament of Canada.
The objective of the Indigenous Courtwork Program is to facilitate and enhance access to justice by assisting Indigenous Persons (adults and youth) charged with an offence under any federal or provincial statute, municipal by-law, or otherwise involved in the justice system to obtain fair, just, equitable and culturally relevant treatment. These services include information on charges, court procedures, rights and responsibilities, bail, diversion, restorative justice and Indigenous community justice alternatives; support in accessing legal resources as well as appropriate community program
The project seeks to expand Ontario's existing Community Justice Centres model to maximize their impact on justice-involved individuals and the broader community by improving community safety, promoting cross-sector service delivery, and reducing recidivism.
The project seeks to expand Ontario's existing Community Justice Centres model to maximize their impact on justice-involved individuals and the broader community by improving community safety, promoting cross-sector service delivery, and reducing recidivism.
The funding will support the operation and expansion of existing Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs) as well as the establishment of new DTCs. This funding will contribute to reduce recidivism rates by supporting eligible offenders in addressing their cycle of problematic substance use and criminal behaviour through the availability of treatment as an alternative to incarceration.
The objective of the Indigenous Courtwork Program is to facilitate and enhance access to justice by assisting Indigenous Persons (adults and youth) charged with an offence under any federal or provincial statute, municipal by-law, or otherwise involved in the criminal justice system to obtain fair, just, equitable and culturally relevant treatment. These services include information on charges, court procedures, rights and responsibilities, bail, diversion, restorative justice and Indigenous community justice alternatives; support in accessing legal resources as well as appropriate community
The project seeks to expand Ontario's existing Community Justice Centres model to maximize their impact on justice-involved individuals and the broader community by improving community safety, promoting cross-sector service delivery, and reducing recidivism.
The objective of the Indigenous Courtwork Program is to facilitate and enhance access to justice by assisting Indigenous Persons (adults and youth) charged with an offence under any federal or provincial statute, municipal by-law, or otherwise involved in the criminal justice system to obtain fair, just, equitable and culturally relevant treatment. These services include information on charges, court procedures, rights and responsibilities, bail, diversion, restorative justice and Indigenous community justice alternatives; support in accessing legal resources as well as appropriate community p
The funding supports a range of measures, such as hiring of bilingual provincial court staff, language training, signage, etc., deemed necessary to ensure that Ontario can guarantee access to justice services related to federal contraventions in both official languages on behalf of the federal government.
The funding supports a range of measures, such as hiring of bilingual provincial court staff, language training, signage, etc., deemed necessary to ensure that Ontario can guarantee access to justice services related to federal contraventions in both official languages on behalf of the federal government.
The funding will support the operation and expansion of existing Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs) as well as the establishment of new DTCs. This funding will contribute to reduce recidivism rates by supporting eligible offenders in addressing their cycle of problematic substance use and criminal behaviour through the availability of treatment as an alternative to incarceration.
The Family Information Liaison Unit will continue to provide a “one-stop information service” to families. The Family Information Liaison Unit will provide information to family members pertaining to a missing or murdered Indigenous person. The Ontario Family Information Liaison Unit workers are of Indigenous ancestry, knowledgeable, culturally competent, and responsive to the needs of the family members they serve. The Family Information Liaison Unit engages with key justice partners, including crown attorneys, provincial, municipal, and Indigenous police services, court offices and victim
The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General's Aboriginal Justice Division, Family Information Liaison Unit (FILU) will continue as a "one-stop information service" providing comprehensive and up-to-date case specific information for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. This information will be delivered to family members using a trauma-informed and victim-centred approach.
Ontario will advance victim services and access to justice for victims and witnesses, while giving victims a more effective voice in the criminal justice system in Ontario. Activities will include: an initiative with the Ontario Native Women's Association; an initiative with the Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation; the Ontario Independent Legal Advice program and independent legal representation for victims of sexual violence; training to increase the knowledge of justice personnel about the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and other legislation and best practices to support victims; and
The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General's Aboriginal Justice Division will design and implement a Family Information Liaison Unit (FILU) which will act as an effective source for comprehensive and up-to-date case specific information for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. This information will be delivered to family members using a trauma-informed and victim-centred approach. The FILU will include a team-lead who will be situated in Toronto and three regionally based staff to ensure provincial reach of services.
This will be a pilot project for Ontario to build capacity for the next stage of bail data linking, sharing and analysis. As the next step beyond the implementation of the National Bail Data Action Plan, this project will test data linkage techniques on Ontario data assets to produce identifiers on potential re-offending on bail and recidivism. Additionally, this project will start examining the legal authorities and framework for data sharing between the province and the Canadian Police Information Centre.
The Province agrees to support an initiative which build bridges, trust and partnerships with the justice system and Indigenous communities via a pre-charge project aiming to increase police pre-charge diversions to Indigenous-led community-based justice programs.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.