Department of Justice Canada Minister's Transition Book

The briefing document listed below was prepared for the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Additional material will be added as it becomes available.

Please note the document has been processed under the Access to Information Act and certain information has been withheld from disclosure in accordance with the exemptions and exclusions in the Act.

Overview of the Department of Justice

• Tab 1: Introduction
• Tab 2: Roles and Responsibilities of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
• Tab 3: Overview of the Department of Justice
  • Governance Framework
  • Deputy Minister's Team
  • Resource Profile
    • Grants and Contributions
  • Services to the Department
  • Services to the Government
  • Organizational Chart
• Tab 4: Front-line Support to the Minister of Justice and the Minister's Office
  • Deputy Minister's & Associate Deputy Minister's Offices
  • Ministerial Secretariat
  • Communications Branch
• Tab 5: Organizations in the Justice Portfolio
  • Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada
  • Canadian Human Rights Commission
  • Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
  • Courts Administration Service
  • Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
  • Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
  • Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
  • Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  • Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Special Advisor on Criminal Conviction Review
  • Courts
    • Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
    • Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court
    • Supreme Court of Canada
    • Tax Court of Canada
• Tab 6: Federal-Provincial-Territorial Justice Relations
• Tab 7: Justice-Related Organizations
  • Judicial Organizations
  • Legal Profession Organizations
  • Law Enforcement Organizations
  • Victims' Organizations
• Tab 8: Biographical Notes
  • Department of Justice
  • Justice Portfolio
  • Courts
  • Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Justice
• Tab 9: Department of Justice Act
  • Legislative Responsibilities of the Minister of Justice
• Director of Public Prosecutions Act

First 100 Days

• Tab A: First 100 Days Placemat
• Tab B: Litigation Placemat
• Tab C: Key Contacts
• Tab D: Meeting/Invitations
  • Swearing-in Ceremony of Judges
  • Annual Meeting of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers
  • Canada-United States Cross Border Crime Forum
  • Quintet of Attorneys General
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • National Victims of Crime Awareness Week Initiative
• Tab E: Appointments/Vacancies
  • Commissioners for the 2015 Quadrennial Commission
  • Specific Claims Tribunal
  • Queen's Council Designation
  • Appointments by the Governor in Council
    • Director of Public Prosecutions
    • Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
    • Members of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
    • Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
• Tab F: Approval/Information/Signature
  • Departmental and Financial Administration
    • 2015-16 Supplementary Estimates (B)
    • Delegation of Financial Signing Authorities Chart
    • Funding Proposals Under Various Departmental Transfer Payment Programs
    • Memoranda of Understanding on the Aboriginal Justice Strategy
    • Law Cadre Group Compensation
  • Reports and Communications
    • 2014-2015 Annual Reports to be tabled before Parliament
      • Courts Administration Service
      • Miscarriages of Justice
      • Corruption of Foreign Public Official Act
      • Investigative Hearing and Recognizance with Conditions
      • Canada Evidence Act
      • Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
    • 2014-15 Departmental Performance Report
    • 2015-17 Departmental Forward Regulatory Plan
    • 2015-16 Fourth Financial Quarter Travel, Hospitality, Conference and Event Expenditures
    • Canada's 21^st/22^nd Report under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination
    • Canada's Response to the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
    • Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Tab G: Identification of Priorities
  • Outstanding Business
    • Response to the Supreme Court of Canada's Carter decision
  • Platform Commitments
    • Firearms
    • Marijuana Legalization
    • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
  • Potential Budget Item
    • Family Justice - Funding Renewal
• Tab H: Calendar of Events - January to June 2016