Montreal’s First Peoples Justice Center receives $ 492,000 from the federal government to support justice services tailored to indigenous cultures and thus help reduce the over -representation of Indigenous peoples in the penal system.
With this funding, $ 187,500 over 5 years is planned to support the Center’s community justice program. The latter will also benefit from more than $ 300,000 for his services in connection with Gladue’s decision and to support his number of increased demandsaid the Canadian Department of Justice, in a press release.
Advancing reconciliation requires addressing both systematic racism and the over -representation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system.can we read in this same press release.
The community justice program of the First Peoples Justice Center of Montreal notably allows Aboriginals to have access to healing circles with the elderly, to have support in their social reintegration and in the preparation of their Gladue report.
[Notre] The organization provides our people with a safe door to get support and legal information when they are inside the Montreal justice system, written by the Center’s Executive Director, Ellen Filippelli.
“By supporting Indigenous justice services, we are helping to carry out systematic change to combat this unacceptable reality,” Justice Minister David Lametti said. In addition, funding for Indigenous-led community justice programs will support our efforts to improve access to justice and fairness in our criminal justice system. “
The ministry also points out that the implementation of the principles of the Gladue ruling corresponds to three calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and three calls to justice from the National Inquiry on Women and Girls. missing and murdered natives.
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