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Supplementary Information

Details on Transfer Payments Programs



Name of Transfer Payment Program: Legal Aid Program
Start Date: August 17, 1971 End Date: Ongoing
Description: Contribution funding in support of criminal legal aid service delivery by provinces. (Funding for criminal and civil legal aid in the territories is provided through Access to Justice Services Agreements.)
Strategic outcomes: A fair, relevant and accessible justice system that reflects Canadian values.
Expected Results: Agreements are negotiated and contribution funding for legal aid is provided to the provinces and territories to assist them in delivering legal aid services to economically disadvantaged persons involved in serious criminal and youth criminal justice matters, federal, provincial and territorial legal aid policy interests are addressed; the legal system continues to operate and is not brought into disrepute.
  Forecast
Spending
2005-2006
Planned
Spending
2006-2007*
Planned
Spending
2007-2008*
Planned
Spending
2008-2009*
Program Activity (PA)        
Total Grants 0 0 0 0
Total Contributions 119,775,396 83,184,100 83,184,100 83,184,100
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments

 

 

 

 

Total PA 119,775,396 83,184,100 83,184,100 83,184,100
Planned Audits and Evaluations: Formative evaluation completed in 2005-2006.

* The three-year Legal Aid Strategy ends March 31, 2006 and new legal aid funding arrangements with provinces and territories will have to be put in place for the period beginning April 1, 2006.


Name of Transfer Payment Program: Youth Justice Services
Start Date: 04-02-1984 End Date: On-going
Description: To support the government's broad policy objectives with respect to youth justice.
Strategic outcomes: A fair, relevant and accessible justice system that reflects Canadian values.
Expected Results: Renewal of the financial agreements with the provinces and territories. Subject to sustained federal funding, reliance on the formal court system and incarceration does not increase, and adequate rehabilitative/reintegrative programming is available
  Forecast
Spending
2005-2006
Planned
Spending
2006-2007
Planned
Spending
2007-2008
Planned
Spending
2008-2009
Program Activity (PA)        
Total Grants 0 0 0 0
Total Contributions 185,302,415 144,750,000 144,750,000 144,750,000
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments

 

 

 

 

Total PA 185,302,415 144,750,000 144,750,000 144,750,000
Planned Audits and Evaluations: Included in the recent Summative Evaluation of the Youth Justice Renewal Initiative.

 


Name of Transfer Payment Program: Youth Justice Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision
Start Date: 04-01-2002 End Date: On-going
Description: To support programs required for the IRCS sentencing option
Strategic outcomes: A fair, relevant and accessible justice system that reflects Canadian values.
Expected Results: Programs are in place to deal with individuals receiving an Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision order.
  Forecast
Spending
2005-2006
Planned
Spending
2006-2007
Planned
Spending
2007-2008
Planned
Spending
2008-2009
Program Activity (PA)        
Total Grants 0 0 0 0
Total Contributions 2,899,100 6,903,500 TBD TBD
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments

 

     
Total PA 2,899,100 6,903,500 TBD TBD
Planned Audits and Evaluations: Included in the recent Summative Evaluation of the Youth Justice Renewal Initiative.

 


Name of Transfer Payment Program: Aboriginal Justice Strategy
Start Date: December 1996 End Date: March 2007

Description: Aboriginal people continue to be over-represented in the criminal justice system, both as victims and accused, and under-represented in the judiciary, legal profession and police. When Aboriginal people come into contact with the justice system as victims or accused, their needs – related to culture, economic positions and social circumstances – must be taken into account to make the system fairer, relevant and more effective for them.

One of the federal government's key responses to addressing these issues has been the Aboriginal Justice Strategy (AJS), which co-funds diversion, sentencing, and family and civil mediation projects in Aboriginal communities with provinces and territories.

In response to recommendations related to justice made by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the AJS was established in 1996, with a five-year mandate to:

  • help Aboriginal people assume greater responsibility for the administration of justice in their communities;
  • promote the inclusion of Aboriginal values within the Canadian justice system; and
  • contribute to a reduction in rates of crime, victimization and incarceration among Aboriginal people.

The AJS is managed by the Department of Justice Canada's (DOJ) Aboriginal Justice Directorate (AJD). In collaboration with provincial and territorial counterparts, the AJD pursues the goals of the AJS through policy development and support, community-based justice program funding, training and development funding, self-government negotiations and capacity-building support, and outreach and partnership (formerly the Aboriginal Justice Learning Network: AJLN). The AJS supports activities on- and off- reserve and in urban settings to all members of their communities, not just Aboriginal people.

Strategic outcomes: A fair, relevant and accessible justice system that reflects Canadian values
Expected Results:
  • Reduced overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in the Criminal Justice System through the delivery of community-based justice programs.
  • Policies and laws are developed in response to identified needs/gaps and are integrated with Government priorities and commitments.
  • Programs are developed in response to identified needs/gaps and are integrated with Government priorities and commitments.
  Forecast
Spending
2005-2006
Planned
Spending
2006-2007
Planned
Spending
2007-2008
Planned
Spending
2008-2009
Program Activity (PA)        
Total Grants 75,000 50,000    
Total Contributions 7,325,000 7,250,000

 

 

Total Other Types of Transfer Payments

 

 

 

 

Total PA 7,400,000 7,300,000    

 


Planned Audits and Evaluations:

As a result of the commitments made to Treasury Board in the AJS Results-based Management and Accountability Framework, activities during the reporting period will focus on completing a final evaluation of the AJS. This will include a report on recidivism, which examines the likelihood of re-offending (recidivism) among participants referred to the AJS community-based programs and a trend analysis to assess in particular the extent to which the Strategy has contributed to the reduction of rates of crime, victimization and incarceration among Aboriginal people in communities operating these programs.

As a result of the commitments made to Treasury Board in the AJS Risk-based Accountability Framework, activities during the reporting will include 3 field audits of community-based justice programs. Upon completions of these audits the AJD will report it findings to the DOJ Audit Advisory Committee.

 


Name of Transfer Payment Program: Child-centred Family Justice Fund
Start Date: 08-12-2003 End Date: 03-31-2008
Description: The Child-centred Family Justice Fund (CCFJF) is a key component of the Child-centred Family Justice Strategy. While the federal government does not provide direct services to separated and divorced parents since the provinces and territories are responsible for the administration of justice, the Department of Justice is committed to assisting and promoting the development, expansion and maintenance of such services through the CCFJF.
Strategic outcomes: A fair, relevant and accessible justice system that reflects Canadian values.
Expected Results: Programs are developed and implemented in response to identified needs and gaps and are integrated with Government priorities and commitments.
  Forecast
Spending
2005-2006
Planned
Spending
2006-2007
Planned
Spending
2007-2008
Planned
Spending
2008-2009
Program Activity (PA)        
Total Grants 33,000 50,000 50,000 0
Total Contributions 16,149,353 11,950,027 11,950,027 0
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments

 

 

 

 

Total PA 16,182,353 12,000,027 12,000,027 0

Planned Audits and Evaluations

Audits to be undertaken in 2006-2007:

  • Nunavut
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
A Summative Evaluation is to be completed in 2008-2009.

 
Horizontal Initiatives



1) Name of Horizontal Initiative: Youth Justice Renewal Initiative 2) Name of Lead Department(s): Department of Justice
3) Start Date of the Horizontal Initiative: April 1, 1999 4) End Date of the Horizontal Initiative: On-going

5) Total Federal Funding Allocation: $ on-going (1)

 

6) Description of the Horizontal Initiative:

The Youth Justice Renewal Initiative (YJRI) is aimed at achieving, over time, a fairer and more effective youth justice system through (among other things) promoting proportionate and meaningful responses that foster offender rehabilitation. The major focus of 2006-2007 and beyond will be monitoring the impact of the YJRI and the Youth Criminal Justice Act on the youth justice system, responding to implementation gaps, and continuing to support provinces and territories in their delivery of a youth justice system that relies less on court-based responses to youth crime and less on custodial sentences for non-violent crimes. The negotiation of new short-term federal/provincial/territorial funding agreements that help sustain and advance changes in youth justice delivery systems will be a primary focus of 2006-2007. For more information, visit web site: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/yoas3.html.

7) Shared Outcome(s):

A fair and effective youth justice system that targets the most serious interventions for the most serious offences and finds constructive community-based options for less serious offences which results in reduced reliance on the youth court system and the use of custody and detention. The Department will continue to work with provinces and territories, and stakeholders, with a focus on achieving a fairer and more effective youth justice system.

The major indicators of success of the Initiative are long-term and will be examined during the summative evaluation of the Youth Criminal Justice Act taking place in 2008. The number of projects and activities funded to support the development and implementation of alternative youth justice programs and services is an early indicator of progress and success. Longer-term indicators include: the ability to translate lessons learned and knowledge of needs/gaps in the youth justice system into program and policy development as well as system changes including decreases in per capita rates of youth entering the youth court system for less serious crimes, decreases in per capita rates of secure custody for non-violent offences, and decreases in the per capita rates of open custody and remand.

8) Governance Structure(s):

The Department of Justice leads the Youth Justice Renewal Initiative. The Youth Justice Policy Section in the Department manages the implementation of the Initiative, with the Programs Branch managing the Youth Justice Services agreements with the provinces and territories.

 
9) Federal Partners Involved in each program 10) Names of Programs 11) Total
Allocation (1)
12) Planned Spending for 2006-2007 (2) 13) Expected Results for 2006-2007
Justice (3) Youth Justice Services Agreements and Intensive Custody and Supervision (IRCS) Agreements $on-going

$191,972,835

a) Spending of federal resources is consistent with the YJRI

b) New and enhanced alternative approaches to youth justice practices are being developed and used by the youth justice system, including warnings, cautioning programs, extrajudicial measures and extra-judicial sanctions, conferencing, alternatives to custody and community-based sentences.

c) Additional or enhanced rehabilitative and reintegration opportunities (including the IRCS program for serious violent offenders) are being developed and used by the youth justice system.

 

 

Youth Justice Renewal Fund

 
$85,383,728

$3,280,000

a) To provide funding to youth justice partners: to support implementation efforts that are consistent with the objectives of the YCJA, to address implementation gaps, and to work to avoid further marginalization of particular groups of young people who are in conflict with the law, such as Aboriginal youth, youth in care, youth affected by FASD, as well as other groups with unique needs.

b) To provide funding to a number of project initiatives that increase awareness and understanding by justice stakeholders regarding the YCJA and YJRI. 

 

 

Total:
$ on-going
Total: $195,252,835

 

15) Contact Information:

Catherine Latimer

Director General and General Counsel, Youth Justice Policy

Policy Sector, Department of Justice

(613) 957-9623

 
(1)
Includes only vote 5 grants and contributions for this RPP covering the period of April 1, 1999, to March 31, 2009. While the Youth Justice Services Agreements existed as early as 1984, only the expenditures as of April 1, 1999 are being reported here as the Youth Justice Renewal Initiative was launched in 1999/2000.

(2) DOJ is expecting a surplus in IRCS due to lower than forecast use of this new sentencing option. However, the planned spending for 2006-2007 and beyond does not yet include all funding earmarked in the fiscal framework for the main Youth Justice Services Agreements with the provinces and territories. Corrections are to be approved in the next Supplementary Estimates A, as previously discussed with TBS.

(3) The Youth Justice Renewal Initiative works with officials from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Public Safety, Canadian Heritage, Human Resources and Social Development, Health, Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Northern Strategy) where our interests in youth justice issues meet or are complementary. These federal departments, however, did not receive funding under this Initiative.