2015–16 Departmental Performance Report
Results Highlights
What funds were used?
$683,219,807 actual spending for 2015–16.
Who was involved?
4,337 full-time equivalents (FTEs) for 2015–16.
Results Highlights
Key achievements of the Department for 2015–16:
- Supported the entry of 25,000 Syrian refugees into Canada through comprehensive and coordinated legal services.
- Played a key role in supporting client departments in managing the Government’s litigation inventory of over 42,000 active cases, achieving successful outcomes in approximately 80 percent of all litigation files.
- Supported the successful passing of the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights into law in July 2015.
- Supported the Government’s priority of reviewing the criminal justice system through consultation and collaboration with stakeholders to ensure alignment with the Charter and Canadian values. This includes broadly engaging on principles, assessing gaps, and addressing the overrepresentation and disproportionate impacts on vulnerable and marginalized people.
- Undertook a review of the Government’s litigation strategy to ensure positions taken in litigation files are consistent with Government commitments, the Charter, and Canadian values.
- Provided culturally relevant information and services to Indigenous peoples and coordinated the federal-provincial-territorial response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system.
- Allocated over $11.6 million through the Aboriginal Justice Strategy to support approximately 200 Indigenous community-based justice programs that offer restorative justice alternatives to approximately 10,000 clients from over 750 Indigenous communities across Canada.
- Continued to support access to justice for vulnerable Canadians through contribution funding to the provinces in support of legal aid services.
- Continued to lead the Family Violence Initiative through the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program to support organizations with projects to reduce family violence, raise public awareness, and encourage public involvement in responding to family violence.
- Implemented year one of the Action Plan to Address Family Violence and Violent Crimes Against Aboriginal Women and Girls.
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