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Name of Horizontal Initiative: National Anti-drug Strategy

Name of lead department(s): Department of Justice

Lead department program activity: Justice policies, laws and programs

Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: 2007-08

End date of the Horizontal Initiative: 2011-12 and ongoing

Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $578.1 millions[1]

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement):

The National Anti-Drug Strategy is built on the former Canada’s Drug Strategy, with a clear focus on illicit drugs and a particular emphasis on youth. Its goal is to contribute to safer and healthier communities through coordinated efforts to prevent use, treat dependency and reduce production and distribution of illicit drugs. It encompasses three action plans: prevention, treatment and enforcement.

 The prevention action plan supports efforts to prevent youth from using illicit drugs by enhancing their awareness and understanding of the harmful social and health effects of illicit drug use and to develop and implement community-based interventions & initiatives to prevent illicit drug use. The treatment action plan supports effective treatment and rehabilitation systems and services by developing and implementing innovative and collaborative approaches. The enforcement action plan aims to contribute to the disruption of illicit drug operations in a safe manner, particularly targeting criminal organizations.

Shared outcome(s):

• Reduced demand for illicit drugs in targeted populations and areas;
• Reduced impacts of illicit drug use through prevention and treatment efforts; and
• Reduced supply of illicit drugs.

Governance structure(s):

The governance structure of the Strategy consists of an Assistant Deputy Minister Steering Committee and working groups on policy and performance, prevention and treatment, enforcement, and communications. The governance structure is supported by the Strategic Initiative Unit of the Department of Justice Canada.

The Assistant Deputy Minister Steering Committee (ADMSC), which is chaired by the Department of Justice Canada, oversees the implementation of the Strategy, making decisions necessary to advance the initiative, where required, and ensuring appropriate and timely outcomes for the initiative and accountability in the expenditure of initiative resources.  The ADMSC prepares questions for the consideration of Deputy Ministers, where appropriate.

The Prevention and Treatment Working Group, chaired by Health Canada, oversees the development and implementation of the Prevention and Treatment Action Plans. The Enforcement Working Group, chaired by the Department of Public Safety Canada, oversees the development and implementation of the Enforcement Action Plan. The Policy and Performance Working Group, chaired by the Department of Justice Canada, oversees the development and articulation of policy directions and outcomes for the Strategy and the work of the Sub-Committee on Evaluation and Reporting. The communications Working Group, chaired by the Department of Justice Canada, oversees communication of the Strategy including, making decisions necessary to advance communication of the initiative and ensuring coordination of communication.

($ millions)

Federal Partners	Federal Partner Program Activity (PA)	Names of Programs for Federal Partners	Total Allocation (from Start to End Date)	Planned Spending for 2009-10	Expected Results for 2009-10
Department of Justice	A1 - Justice policies, laws and programs	a. Drug Treatment Courts	$16.23M	$3.63M	Reduced drug substances relapse among drug treatment court clients.
		b. Youth Justice Fund - Youth Justice Anti-drug Treatment Component (Treatment Action Plan)	$6.8M	$1.58M	Overall results: To work collaboratively with interested provinces and territories as well as other stakeholders in order to identify gaps in drug treatment programs for youth in the justice system. To introduce, pilot and evaluate a number of drug treatment options for youth involved in the youth justice system in communities. To share knowledge of the piloted drug treatment programs and promising practices with provinces and territories as well as other interested stakeholders. Immediate Outcomes: Projects on Treatment Services & Program Enhancements Enhanced capacity to plan/ deliver a range of treatment services & programs to targeted populations
		c. Justice Canada Lead Role for the National Anti-Drug Strategy	$1.34M	$0.25M	Effective leadership of the federal response to concerns around illicit drug prevention, treatment and enforcement through: exercising overarching responsibility for policy and coordination; maintaining the NADS Governance Structure;
	C1 - Internal Services	a. Justice Canada Lead Role for the National Anti-Drug Strategy	$1.53M	$0.33M	Effective leadership of the federal response to concerns around illicit drug prevention, treatment and enforcement through: leading and coordinating all NADS communi-cations activities; taking lead responsibility for accountability – evaluation and performance reporting.
		b. National Anti-drug Strategy	$0.25M	$0.05M
Health Canada	N/A	a. Mass Media Campaign (Prevention Action Plan)	$29.8M	$6M	Increased awareness & understanding of illicit drugs & their negative consequences
	3.4.3 Controlled Substances	b. Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund (DSCIF) (Prevention Action Plan)	$59.0M	$11.8M	Increased awareness & understanding of illicit drugs & their negative consequences Enhanced uptake of knowledge in communities to address illicit drug use & its negative consequences
	3.4 Substance Use and Abuse	c. Drug Treatment Funding Program (DTFP) (Treatment Action Plan)	$124.7 M	$30.77M	Improved collaboration on responses & knowledge of treatment issues Enhanced capacity to plan/ deliver a range of treatment services & programs to targeted populations Enhanced F/PT commitments to improve treatment systems in targeted areas of need
	4.1.1.2 First Nations and Inuit Mental Health and Addictions	d. National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) (Treatment Action Plan)	$36 M	$7.9M	Enhanced capacity to plan/ deliver a range of treatment services & programs to targeted populations
	3.4.3 Controlled Substances	e. Office of Controlled Substances (Enforcement Action Plan)	$12.8 M	$2.66M	Increased capacity to control & monitor controlled substances & precursor chemicals
		f. Drug Analysis Services (Enforcement Action Plan)	$ 49.2 M[2] $ 3.4 M[3]	$9.44M	Increased capacity to gather, analyze/share intelligence & analyse evidence Increased awareness of illicit drug & precursor chemical issues for enforcement officials
Canadian Institutes of Health Research	1.2 Strategic Priority Research	Research on Drug Treatment Model (Treatment Action Plan)	$4.0M	$0.97M	Improved collaboration on responses & knowledge of treatment issues
Department of Public Safety Canada	5	a. Crime Prevention Funding and Programming:  (Crime Prevention Action Fund & Research and Knowledge Development Fund) (Prevention Action Plan)	$20.0M	$5.0M	Enhanced support for targeted at-risk populations. Enhanced knowledge in communities to address illicit drug use and its negative consequences.
	3.1 Law enforcement policy	b. National Coordination of Efforts to Improve Intelligence, Knowledge, Management, Research, Evaluation  (Enforcement Action Plan)	$4.0M	$0.8M	Safer communities and more effective policing through strategic national law enforcement policies
Royal Canadian Mounted Police	1.1.2.7	a. Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Service (DOCAS) (Prevention Action Plan)	$15.1M	$3M	Increased awareness & understanding of illicit drugs & their negative consequences by youth targeted through DOCAS programming.
	3.5.2 Community and Youth Programs	b. National Youth Intervention and Diversion Program (Treatment Action Plan)	$3.6M	$0.745M	Implementation sites underway in participating RCMP Divisions. RCMP Divisional representatives selected to assist in local program delivery and data collection.
	1.1.2.9	c. The RCMP Drug Enforcement Program (Enforcement Action Plan)	$91.4 M	$17.3M	Increased capacity for the enforcement of illicit drug producers & distributors, in particular, through the dismantling of marihuana and synthetic drug operations. Increased capacity to gather, analyze and/or share intelligence & analyse evidence, through additional resources in Criminal Intelligence. Change in the level of MGO or Clan Labs investigated and/or disrupted. Continue to maintain the integration, collaboration and capacity between sectors, law enforcement agencies, governments, communities and international partners to address the illicit importation and/or exportation, production and distribution related to MGOs or SDOs. Increase awareness of illicit drug & precursor chemical issues among enforcement officials and first responders.
Correctional Service Canada	3.0 Community Supervision	Case Preparation and Supervision of Provincial Offenders (Enforcement Action Plan)	$23.3 M [4]	$6.8M	Timely case preparation; rate of offenders successfully reintegrated into the community (if legislation regarding mandatory minimum penalties for serious drug offenders is passed)
National Parole Board of Canada		Conditional Release (Enforcement Action Plan)	$7.2 M [5]	$2.2M	Preparation for implementation of Mandatory Minimum Penalties for serious drug offences. Following Royal Assent for Mandatory Minimum Penalties for serious drug offences, completion of conditional release reviews for those offenders incarcerated for offences subject to the Mandatory Minimum Penalties.
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	1 - Drug, Criminal Code and Terrorism Prosecution Program	a. Prosecution and prosecution -related services (Enforcement Action Plan)	$8.6M	$1.6M	Provision of pre-charge legal advice and litigation support, as well as prosecution of drug offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) in response to the workload generated by the enhanced RCMP dedicated anti-drug teams and criminal intelligence and technical operations support staff.
		b. Prosecution of serious drug offences under the CDSA (Enforcement Action Plan)	$33.5 M [6]	$0	Provision of prosecution-related advice and litigation support during police investigations, and prosecution of drug charges under the CDSA resulting from the Minimum Mandatory Penalties, subject to the proposed legislation receiving Royal Assent.
	3 - Internal Services	Enforcement Action Plan	$1.3M	$0.2 M
Canada Border Services Agency	1	Border Intelligence, Precursor Chemical Diversion, Analysis and Scientific Services (Enforcement Action Plan)	$12.7M	$2.35M	The resources will be focused on intelligence gathering, information sharing, enforcement activities, assessment capabilities and laboratory support and services.
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	1.2 International Operations and Programs	Annual Contributions to UNODC and CICAD (Enforcement Action Plan)	$4.5M	$0.9M	Improved capacity of UNODC to fulfill its mandate in the fight against drugs and international crime at the global level. Improved capacity of CICAD to fulfill its mandate in the fight against drugs in the Americas.
Canada Revenue Agency	4 Reporting Compliance	Special Enforcement Program (Enforcement Action Plan)	$4.2 M	$0.8M	15 audits of targets involved in marijuana grow operations or illicit drugs generating approximately $750,000 in federal tax
Public Works and Government Services Canada	1.7 Specialized Programs and Services	Forensic Accounting Management Group (FAMG) (Enforcement Action Plan)	$1.6 M	$0.2M	To remove financial incentive for engaging in criminal activity
Financial Transactions and analysis Centre of Canada	4881 Collection, Analysis and Dissemination of Financial Information	Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (Enforcement Action Plan)	$2.5 M	$512,000	Enhanced support to Law enforcement Development of financial intelligence Ensuring compliance in high-risk reporting sectors
Total			$573 M	$117.8M

Results to be achieved by non-federal partners (if applicable): N/A

Contact information:

Catherine Latimer 
General Counsel and Director General
Strategic Initiative Unit
(613) 957-9623

clatimer@justice.gc.ca