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Overview of Resources

1. Introduction

In order to make expenditures, the government must receive Parliament’s approval, either through previously adopted legislation or, on an annual basis, through the introduction and passage of appropriation bills. Prior to the introduction of each appropriation bill, the President of the Treasury Board tables an Estimates publication (Main or Supplementary) in Parliament to provide information and details on spending authorities sought. The Estimates consist of three parts. This Overview of Resources document focuses on Part II.

Part I of the Estimates process is the Government Expenditure Plan.^{Footnote 1} It provides a summary and highlights of year-over-year changes in departmental spending and transfer payments in order to provide perspective on the major issues influencing government planned spending.

Part II of the Estimates process is the Main Estimates, known traditionally as the “Blue Book”. It directly supports the appropriation acts for the Main Estimates. The publication provides a listing of the resources required by individual departments and agencies for the upcoming fiscal year in order to deliver the programs for which they are responsible. It identifies the spending authorities (votes) and the amounts to be included in subsequent appropriation bills that Parliament will be asked to approve to enable the government to proceed with its spending plans.

Part III of the Estimates process is the Departmental Expenditure Plans, which consist of two documents: Departmental Plans (DP) and Departmental Results Reports (DRR).

• DPs are expenditure plans for each appropriated department and agency (excluding Crown corporations). They describe departmental priorities, strategic outcomes, programs, expected results and associated resource requirements, covering a three-year period beginning with the year indicated in the title of the report.
• DRRs are individual department and agency accounts of actual performance, for the most recently completed fiscal year, against the plans, priorities and expected results set out in their respective DPs. DRRs inform Parliamentarians and Canadians of the results achieved by government organizations for Canadians.
• DPs and DRR are tabled before Parliament by the President of the Treasury Board and are referred to committees to be studied.

2. 2023-24 Financial Resources

The Department of Justice Canada’s total estimated spending authority for 2023-2024 is based on Main and Supplementary Estimates A 2023-2024 and amounts to $1,447.6 million. Of that, $1,005.6 million was received through the Voted and Statutory Authority and $442.0 million in Vote- Netted Revenue to allow the Department to collect revenue from other government departments and agencies for all types of legal services delivered, including advisory, litigation and legislative/regulatory drafting.

2.1. Justice Estimated Spending by Vote

2.2. Operating Resources (Vote 1)

Operating resources in the amount of $286.7 million, supplemented by revenues of
$442.0 million, account for approximately 50 percent of the Department’s total estimated spending authority. These resources pay for salaries and other operating costs such as training, travel, service contracts, maintenance, and supplies.

2.3. Grants and Contributions (Vote 5)

Grants and contributions account for $618.9 million, or 43 percent of the overall spending authority. Contribution programs related to Youth Justice and Legal Aid account for approximately 67 percent of the total grants and contributions. Grants and Contributions are funding that is transferred to provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous organizations, as well as nongovernmental organization and private recipients.

2.4. Statutory Resources

Statutory resources amount to $99.9 million, most of which are for the Employee Benefit Plan.

3. Justice Estimate Vote 5 (Grants and Contributions) Spending by Programs

The Department of Justice Canada provides funding to community organizations and other levels of government that are working to support its mandate, mission and values. The Department’s funding programs are designed to support Indigenous communities, victims of crime, people with lower incomes, families, and young people. The Department also supports projects that help Canadians understand the law and access the justice system in both official languages.

3.1. Legal Aid Programs ($215.7 million)

The Legal Aid Program consists of five components and delivers funding through contribution agreements. Details of the five components are described below.

a. Criminal Legal Aid ($193.8 million)

Criminal Legal Aid funding helps to ensure access to legal services for economically disadvantaged persons in Canada, as well as youth charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Both levels of government have a mutual interest in ensuring that the criminal justice system, including criminal legal aid, is fair, effective, and efficient, and that public confidence in the justice system is maintained. Responsibility for the provision of criminal justice is divided between the federal government, under its constitutional authority for criminal law and procedure, and the provincial governments, under their authority for the administration of justice and for property and civil rights.

The annual criminal legal aid base funding to the provinces is $136.8 million on an ongoing basis. To assist jurisdictions in the delivery of criminal legal aid services, Budget 2022 provided one-time additional funding of $60.0 million, increasing the provincial total in 2023-24 to $193.8 million.

b. Immigration and Refugee Legal Aid ($11.5 million)

Immigration and refugee legal aid funding has been provided to the seven jurisdictions that deliver such services: British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Beginning this fiscal year (2023-24), New Brunswick is seeking federal funding, increasing the number of participating jurisdictions to eight.

Immigration and refugee legal aid supports fair, effective, and efficient decision-making on asylum and certain immigration claims by helping individuals present the relevant facts of their case in a clear and intelligible manner. Ensuring claimants feel that they have experienced a fair process helps to decrease the number of costly appeals, both at the Immigration and Refugee Board, and at the Federal Court, which in turn contributes to the fairness and efficiency of the asylum system.

Since 2015-16, immigration and refugee legal aid funding has been increased each year in an effort to address increased demand. Since 2019-20, the federal government has provided up to $55.0 million annually in an attempt to cover 100 percent of anticipated costs, even though it was not sufficient for 2022-23, nor 2023-24. Budget 2023 announced an additional $43.5M for 2023-24; however, that amount is still subject to Treasury Board approval and appropriation by Parliament. On April 1, 2024, funding returns to its base amount of $11.5 million.

c. Legal Advice for Complainants of Workplace Sexual Harassment ($5.7 million)

The Legal Advice for Complainants of Workplace Sexual Harassment component of the Legal Aid Program supports projects that provide legal advice to persons who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. Funding is available from 2019-20 to 2023-24.

d. State-Funded Counsel ($3.4 million)

The State-Funded Counsel component of the Legal Aid Program supports proceedings involving national security issues, including terrorism-related cases, and proceedings where the Federal Crown has been ordered to fund counsel by a court. This includes orders for defence counsel granted in serious federal cases where counsel is necessary to ensure a fair trial and where the accused lacks the resources to pay for counsel and is ineligible for criminal legal aid; and orders for amicus curiae.

e. Impact of Race and Culture Assessments ($1.3 million)

The Impact of Race and Culture Assessments (IRCAs) initiative addresses the over-representation of Black and other racialized individuals in the criminal justice system by providing pre-sentencing reports to help the courts better understand how poverty, marginalization, racism, and social exclusion have contributed to an individual’s contact with the criminal justice system.

3.2. Youth Justice Programs ($200.5 million)

The Youth Justice Programs consist of three funding programs. Details of the three programs are provided below.

a. Youth Justice Services Funding Program ($185 million)

The Youth Justice Services Funding Program is a cost-shared contribution program with all provinces and territories for the delivery of youth justice programs and services. The overall objective of the Program is to support the policy directions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Priority funding areas include diversion/extrajudicial measures and extrajudicial sanctions programs; rehabilitative and reintegration services; judicial interim release programs; reports and assessments; intensive support and supervision and attendance programs; and conferencing and other community-based sanctions.

b. Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision Program ($11 million)

The Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision Program financially supports all provinces and territories to ensure that they have the capacity to both assess and provide specialized therapeutic treatment to young persons sentenced to an intensive rehabilitative custody and supervision order as per paragraph 42(2)(r) and subsection 42(7) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. In addition, the Program provides funding for other exceptional cases of serious violence committed by young persons who are suffering from a psychological disturbance or mental/mood disorder, but who were not sentenced under the aforementioned Youth Criminal Justice Act provisions.

c. Youth Justice Fund ($4.5 million)

The Youth Justice Fund is a discretionary demand-driven grants and contributions program that supports projects encouraging a more effective youth justice system, responds to emerging youth justice issues, and enables greater citizen and community participation in the youth justice system. More specifically, the Fund supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of pilot projects that provide programming and services for youth in conflict with the law. It supports professional development activities, such as training and conferences, for justice professionals and youth service providers. Additionally, it funds research on the youth justice system and related youth justice issues. Community organizations, Indigenous organizations, educational institutions, other levels of government, and individuals are all eligible for funding.

3.3. Justice Partnership and Innovation Program ($37.6 million)

The Justice Partnership and Innovation Program provides resources to facilitate access to justice through various means, including the development of new approaches, the dissemination of law-related information, and the testing of pilot projects. The overall goal of the Program is to contribute to increasing access to the Canadian justice system and strengthening the Canadian legal framework. The components under the Program include the Family Violence Initiative; grants for core funding for provincially designated Public Legal Education and Information organizations and to six selected organizations; the Public Legal Education and Information - Workplace Sexual Harassment component; the Revitalization of Indigenous Laws Initiative; Community Justice Centres; Independent Legal Advice for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and other family justice system supports for such victims, and Legal Services and Supports for Racialized Communities.

3.4. Indigenous Justice Program ($34.4 million)

Operating since 1991, the Indigenous Justice Program (IJP) is a federally led initiative delivered in partnership with all thirteen provinces and territories aimed at addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system, both as offenders, accused and as victims. Through its Community-Based Justice Fund, the IJP directly supports 211 community justice programs in roughly 650 communities across the country. Funded programs work to address root causes of crime and deliver programming that reflects the justice values, traditions, and culture of their community. Their activities can fall at any point along the justice continuum including prevention, pre-charge diversion, post-charge diversion, post-sentence, and reintegration. Programs also deliver civil and family mediation services to prevent and address conflict among community members, prevent the conflict from further escalating and to support individuals in family justice proceedings. In providing alternatives to mainstream justice processes, these programs use restorative and traditional Indigenous justice processes that focus on repairing harm and bringing together victim, offender, and community. IJP programs work in close partnership with justice officials, including police, the Crown, and judges. Furthermore, under its Community-Based Fund, the IJP has dedicated funding for the provision of Gladue Casework/Aftercare supports for individuals who have had a Gladue Report to enhance the capacity of Indigenous communities to provide community-based sentencing supports and options.

The Program also has a smaller Capacity-Building Fund designed to support capacity-building efforts in Indigenous communities, particularly as they relate to building increased knowledge and skills for the establishment and management of community-based justice programs.

The IJP is currently delivering a number of time-limited initiatives, including project funding over four fiscal years (ending in March 2025) for systemic change in the justice system informed by Gladue Principles. This funding will support projects informed by Gladue Principles that focus on systemic change to address bias and other barriers against Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system. As a result, this funding will contribute to addressing systemic racism and other forms of discrimination against Indigenous people in the criminal justice system, through enhanced programming and services, as well as measures targeting institutional and systems-level change.

The IJP is also currently delivering project funding over three fiscal years (ending in March 2024) for Indigenous-led engagement to inform the development of a future Indigenous Justice Strategy and identify legislative, program, and policy initiatives needed to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples and systemic discrimination in the Canadian justice system.

3.5. Victims Fund ($38.3 million)

The objective of the Federal Victims Strategy is to give victims a more effective voice in the criminal justice and federal correctional systems. The Strategy is a horizontal initiative led by the Department’s Policy Centre for Victim Issues and includes the Correctional Service of Canada, the Parole Board of Canada, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime.

The Strategy also includes the Victims Fund, which provides grants and contributions funding to victims of crime, provinces, territories, and non-governmental organizations to develop or enhance victim services and to research victim-related issues.

The Fund provides support to a wide range of organizations and types of victims. For example, the Fund supports Child Advocacy Centres, which address the needs of children, youth, and their families in cases where abuse is suspected, by providing a child-friendly facility where they can seek services, ideally under one roof. The Fund also supports provincial and territorial victims services, and supports projects that help victims of human trafficking and victims of sexual assault (including Independent Legal Advice and Independent Legal Representation for such victims), among others. The fund has supported Family Information Liaison Units and community-based supports for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, for which the funding sunset on March 31, 2023. [Redacted]. The 2023-24 funding of $12.1 million was accessed during the Supplementary Estimates A process (see Annex 1 for Supplementary Estimates A items).

Two elements of the Fund also provide funding directly to individual victims. The Victims Abroad component provides financial assistance to Canadians who are victims of serious violent crime abroad and who do not have other means. The Parole component provides financial assistance to federally registered victims who wish to attend the parole hearings of their offenders.

3.6. Canadian Family Justice Fund ($23.4 million)

The Canadian Family Justice Fund facilitates access to the family justice system for families experiencing separation and divorce through various services, programs, and information resources. The Fund addresses the following priorities: fostering federal, provincial and territorial collaboration; supporting the well-being of family members; reaching diverse and underserved populations; supporting alternatives to court for family law matters; and improving and streamlining family justice system links/processes.

The Fund is comprised of two components. The Family Justice Activities component supports provincial and territorial programs and services assisting families experiencing separation and divorce. Examples include parent information programs, mediation, administrative child support recalculation, and maintenance enforcement programs. The Projects component supports provincial and territorial governments, not-for-profit organizations, associations, academic institutions, and individuals. Examples of activities include informing Canadians about family law issues and developing new strategies, models, and tools intended to improve access to family justice.

3.7. Indigenous Courtwork Program ($13.7 million)

The Department contributes funding through the Indigenous Courtwork Program (ICW) to participating provinces and territories for the provision of Indigenous Courtworker services in justice proceedings. ICW has 2 streams:

• Stream 1 funding is provided directly to the provinces on a 50:50 cost-shared basis, and to the territories through Access to Justice Agreements (with no cost-shared requirement).
• Stream 2 funding has no cost-shared requirement and can be provided directly to Indigenous organizations for time-limited projects that meet the mandate of the ICW.

The Program is supported by the ICW Federal Provincial Territorial (FPT) Working Group, and the ICW Tripartite Working Group, which consists of federal, provincial and territorial members, and Indigenous service delivery agencies.

The objective of the Program is to ensure that Indigenous people in contact with the justice system (whether as accused persons, victims, witnesses, or family members) have access to fair, equitable, and culturally relevant treatment throughout the justice process. Indigenous Courtworkers assist offenders by ensuring that they understand the process, including their rights, as well as any responsibilities and/or direction given by the court (often in the Indigenous language spoken in the community). In addition, as “friends of the Court”, Indigenous Courtworkers provide courts with information needed for sentencing and bail purposes while also connecting victims, witnesses, and family members to culturally safe assistance and resources.

The Indigenous Courtwork Program received ongoing funding (Fall Economic Statement 2020) to support the development of Gladue reports, as well as three years of funding ending in March 2024 (Budget 2021) for Indigenous family courtwork services to support those involved with family court/child protection proceedings.

In providing these services, Indigenous Courtworkers have been pioneers in using trauma informed and healing-centred approaches which link both health and justice services. Annually, approximately 200 Indigenous Courtworkers provided services to approximately 75,000 Indigenous adults and youth involved with the criminal justice system (as accused persons, victims, witnesses, and family members) in 435 communities across Canada.

3.8. Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund ($13.1 million)

The Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund supports the Department’s commitments under Action Plan for Official Languages 2023–2028 by providing resources to facilitate access to justice for members of official language minority communities.

The Fund is based on two pillars. The Information pillar supports projects that provide quality legal information to members of official language minority communities, including legal information hubs that are now present in five provinces. The Training pillar focuses on supporting language training for justice system professionals to enhance the justice system’s capacity to better serve Canadians in both official languages. In addition, the Action Plan provides core funding to eligible organizations working in the field of access to justice for official language minority communities and supports translation of significant legal texts, such as precedent-setting provincial court decisions. With the April 2023 announcement of the Action Plan for Official Languages 2023–2028: Protection-Promotion-Collaboration, new funding in the amount of $16.3M was announced for the Support Fund to provide increased levels of core funding and to provide additional positive measures for official language minority communities. This funding is still subject to Treasury Board approval and parliamentary appropriation.

3.9. Indigenous Partnership Fund ($11.0 million)

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UN Declaration Act) received Royal Assent on June 21, 2021, and is a key building block in recognizing, respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of Indigenous peoples, including rights to self-determination and self-governance. The Indigenous Partnership Fund (IPF) will help to facilitate consultation and cooperation with Indigenous peoples in implementing the UN Declaration and the UN Declaration Act. Specifically, it will support consultation and cooperation between the Department of Justice and/or Government of Canada and Indigenous governments and organizations on three legislated requirements: 1) Measures to ensure that the laws, programs and policies of Canada are consistent with the UN Declaration; 2) Development, implementation, monitoring, review and updating of an action plan to achieve the objectives of the UN Declaration; and, 3) Development of annual reports on progress.

There are two Streams of funding provided through the IPF:

• Stream 1 will support the core capacity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis governments and representative institutions, including modern treaty partners, self-governing nations and historic treaty partners; national and regional Indigenous representative organizations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis rights holders; and Indigenous women’s organizations to allow them to continue to contribute meaningfully to the implementation of the action plan.
• Stream 2 will provide time-limited funding to First Nations, Métis and Inuit groups or organizations; organizations representing Indigenous women, youth, elders, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ persons; urban Indigenous organizations and other Indigenous-led sectorial groups.

3.10. Drug Treatment Court Funding Program ($10.6 million)

The Drug Treatment Court Funding Program, a component of the Treatment pillar of the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy, contributes funding to participating provinces and territories for the development, delivery, expansion and evaluation of drug treatment courts. These are dedicated courts with the objective of reducing crime committed as a result of a substance use disorder through court-monitored treatment and community service support for eligible non-violent offenders.

Budget 2021 announced additional funding on an ongoing basis to support the operation, expansion and creation of drug treatment courts.

3.11. Access to Justice Services Agreements for the Territories ($10.6 million)

The Access to Justice Services Agreements are contribution agreements between the federal government and Canada’s three territories. They are the means by which the federal government supports the territories in delivering access to justice-related services, which include legal aid (both criminal and civil), Indigenous courtworker services, and public legal education and information. The Agreements provide consolidated program funding for each of the three aforementioned program areas. This consolidated approach ensures accountability, while allowing the territories the flexibility to deliver justice-related programs as required by the unique needs and circumstances of their communities. In 2023-24, the territories will receive an additional $3 million for criminal legal aid as a one-time top-up from Budget 2022.

3.12. Implementation of Official Languages Requirements under the Contraventions Act ($8.6 million)

The Contraventions Act provides an alternative to the summary conviction process as set out in Part XXVII of the Criminal Code for the prosecution of federal regulatory offences that are minor in nature. This is accomplished by designating these offences as “contraventions” and allowing for their prosecution through a ticketing scheme. This approach ensures a more effective application of federal statutes and reduces the workload of the courts by allowing for the voluntary payment of fines in lieu of prosecuting them through the Criminal Code summary conviction process.

The Contraventions Act Fund provides funding to provinces, territories and municipalities who, on behalf of the federal government, administer federal contraventions through ticketing regimes. The Fund provides the funding for the necessary measures to ensure that the language rights provided by sections 530 and 530.1 of the Criminal Code and Part IV of the Official Languages Act, for persons who are prosecuted for contraventions of federal statutes or regulations, are respected. Such measures include the hiring of bilingual staff, language training, and bilingual signage and documentation.

3.13. Other ($1.4 million)

This category is used for presentation purposes in the chart and groups the following programs with annual contributions under $5 million.

a. Integrated Market Enforcement Teams Reserve Fund ($0.6 million)

The Integrated Market Enforcement Teams Reserve Fund funds extraordinary prosecution expenses incurred in integrated market enforcement team-generated cases of national significance being prosecuted by provincial attorneys general. These Teams are special RCMP led units that investigate capital markets fraud.

The Reserve Fund will provide funding for expenses incurred as a result of (1) exceptional court ordered disclosure; (2) specialized contracts, for example, forensic experts and language/interpretation; and (3) technical and/or equipment requirements including scanning equipment, computers, and audio/video technology.

b. Special Advocates Program ($0.3 million)

The Special Advocates Program was established to support the Minister of Justice in implementing the 2008 amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. These amendments created a special advocates regime, which ensures a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms compliant procedure for removing inadmissible non-Canadians from Canada while using and protecting national security information. Special advocates are appointed by a court or tribunal to protect the interests of named persons during in camera Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Division 9 proceedings. Infrequently, these proceedings are used to permit the use of national security information to determine detention and the substantive merits of admissibility proceedings.

The Program ensures that the Minister of Justice meets the following requirements of the amended Act: establishing a list of persons who may be appointed as special advocates; publishing the list in a manner that facilitates public access to it; and ensuring that special advocates are provided with adequate administrative support and resources.

c. Hague Conference on Private International Law ($0.3 million)

The purpose of the Hague Conference is to work for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law. The Department pays an annual assessed contribution to enable Canada to meet its financial obligations to the Conference, as well as to help fulfil Canada’s international policy objectives by participating in the work of the organization. The unification of private international law has great importance, both in a national and international context, particularly because it facilitates the resolution of disputes involving two or more jurisdictions that may have conflicting legal rules relating to various private law matters. The development of uniform legislation reduces the risks of such conflicts.

d. International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit) ($0.2 million)

The purposes of Unidroit are to examine ways of harmonizing and coordinating the private law of States and groups of States, and to prepare gradually for the adoption by the various States of uniform rules of private law. The Department pays an annual assessed contribution to enable Canada to meet its financial obligations to Unidroit, as well as to help fulfil Canada’s international policy objectives by participating in the work of the organization.

e. European Commission for Democracy through Law - Venice Commission ($0.1 million)

The European Commission for Democracy through Law (known as the Venice Commission because it meets in Venice) is a legal advisory body established in 1990 under the Council of Europe. The Commission has expanded to include a Sub-Commission on Latin America and the provision of advice to North Africa. The Commission is an important body in the effort to maintain and promote democracy and the rule of law in the face of a rising populist tide. Canada was an observer at the Commission beginning in 1990. In 2019, Canada became a full Member. The Department pays an annual assessed contribution to enable Canada to meet its financial obligations to the Commission as well as to help fulfil Canada’s international policy objectives by participating in the work of the organization.

4. Human Resources (Full-Time Equivalents as of January 31, 2023)

The Department’s workforce, as of January 31, 2023, was comprised of 5,167 Full-Time Equivalents (FTE). The breakdown per region is presented in the map below.

5. Glossary

Appropriation Acts: An appropriation act begins as a supply bill (sometimes referred to as a money bill). Once the bill is approved by Parliament and then granted royal assent, it becomes an appropriation act. The appropriation act is the vehicle through which expenditures from the Consolidated Revenue Fund are authorized in order to pay for government programs and services. Both the Main Estimates and the Supplementary Estimates require appropriation acts.

Authorities: Spending authorities are approvals from Parliament for individual government organizations to spend up to specific amounts. Spending authority is provided in two ways:

1. Annual Appropriation Acts that specify the amounts and broad purposes for which funds can be spent; and
2. Other specific statutes that authorize payments and set out the amounts and time periods for those payments.

Employee Benefit Plan (EBP): A statutory item that includes employer costs for the Public Service Superannuation Plan, the Canada and the Quebec Pension Plans, Death Benefits, and the Employment Insurance accounts. Expressed as a percentage of salary, the EBP rate is changed every year as directed by the Treasury Board Secretariat.

Full-Time Equivalent: A measure of the extent to which an employee represents a full person year charge against a departmental budget. Full-time equivalents are calculated as a ratio of assigned hours of work to scheduled hours of work. Scheduled hours of work are set out in collective agreements.

Voted and Statutory Appropriations: Expenditures made by government require the authority of Parliament. That authority is provided in two ways: annual Appropriation Acts or Supply Bills specify the amounts and broad purposes for which funds can be spent; and other specific statutes authorize payments and set out the amounts and time periods for those payments. The amounts approved in appropriation acts are referred to as voted amounts, and the expenditure authorities provided through other statutes are called statutory authorities.

• Vote 1 - Operating Expenditures: A vote that covers most day-to-day expenses, such as salaries and utilities.
• Vote 5 - Grants and Contributions: A vote used when grants and/or contributions expenditures equal or exceed $5 million.
  • Grant: A transfer payment subject to pre-established eligibility and other entitlement criteria. A grant is not subject to being accounted for by a recipient nor normally subject to audit by the department. The recipient may be required to report on results achieved.
  • Contribution: A transfer payment subject to performance conditions specified in a funding agreement. A contribution is to be accounted for and is subject to audit.

Vote-Netted Revenue: The authority by which the Department of Justice has permission to collect and spend revenue earned from the provision of legal and internal services within government.

2023-2024 Supplementary Estimates (A)

Description of Items

1. Funding to respond to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Final Report: Increasing Access to Culturally-Grounded and Indigenous-Led Victim Services (in millions $)

[Redacted]

[Redacted]

2. Funding for the Office of the Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools (in millions $)

Budget 2022 announced $10.4 million over two years (starting in 2022-23) to support the work of the Office of the Special Interlocutor. Effective June 13, 2022, Kimberly Murray was appointed by the Governor-in-Council as the Special Interlocutor to a two-year term. She has already begun her work to acquire input that will inform her interim and final reports and recommendations. She will work closely and collaboratively with Indigenous leaders, communities, Survivors, families and experts to identify needed measures and recommend a new federal legal framework to ensure the respectful and culturally appropriate treatment and protection of unmarked graves and burial sites of children at former residential schools.

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