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Ministerial Briefing Binder: The Emergencies Act: Special Joint Committee on...
Ministerial Briefing Binder: The Emergencies Act: Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency - April 26, 2022 -
Charter Statement: Bill C-5: An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the...
Section 4.2 of the Department of Justice Act requires the Minister of Justice to prepare a Charter Statement for every government bill to help inform public and Parliamentary... -
The Honourable Justice Robyn M. Ryan Bell’s Questionnaire
Under the new judicial appointment process announced by the Minister of Justice on October 20, 2016, any interested and qualified Canadian lawyer or judge may apply for such... -
JustFacts: Overrepresentation of Black People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Black people are overrepresented in Canada's criminal justice system as both victims and people accused or convicted of crime. This fact sheet presents a statistical overview of... -
Charter Statement - Bill S-12: An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex...
Section 4.2 of the Department of Justice Act requires the Minister of Justice to prepare a Charter Statement for every government bill to help inform public and Parliamentary... -
Government Responses and Standing Committee Reports
Government Responses and Standing Committee Reports discuss reports tabled concerning justice-related issues. These responses are meant to provide greater insight into... -
JustFacts - Intimate Partner Violence
This fact sheet is based on two research publications from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) published in 2015 and 2018. In the 2015 Juristat, CCJS linked... -
Identifying and responding to family violence in family law cases: Results...
This report describes key findings from Justice Canada’s 2019 national Survey of Lawyers and Quebec Notaries on Family Law and Family Violence in Canada (“the 2019 survey”). The... -
Final Report on the Review of Canada's Criminal Justice System
This comprehensive review – the first of its kind since 1982 – was intended to guide the Government in its efforts to ensure that Canada’s criminal justice system is just,... -
Indigenous People in Criminal Court in Canada: An Exploration Using the...
This report presents findings on the representation and outcomes of Indigenous people as accused in Canadian criminal courts. This is the first time that national statistics on... -
Research at a Glance: Performance Measurement
Young people believed it is very important to measure the performance of the criminal justice system (CJS). They indicated that they wanted to know if the CJS effectively deters... -
Ministerial Briefing Binder: House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice...
Ministerial Briefing Binder: House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights – Bill C-40, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, to make consequential amendments to... -
The Honourable Susan Wong’s Questionnaire
Under the new judicial application process introduced by the Minister of Justice on October 20, 2016, any interested and qualified Canadian lawyer or judge may apply for federal... -
Navigator Programs in Canada
This Research in Brief describes navigator programs in Canada, a people-focused approach to enhancing access to justice by providing assistance to those with serious legal... -
Charter Statement: Bill C-4: An Act relating to certain measures in response...
The Minister of Justice prepares a "Charter Statement" to help inform the public and Parliamentary debate on a government bill. One of the Minister of Justice's most important... -
Litigation Year in Review 2016
This Litigation Year in Review 2016 is intended to provide Canadians with some highlights of the progress we made this past year in several important areas of litigation. In... -
Charter Statement - Bill S-5: An Act to amend the Judges Act
Section 4.2 of the Department of Justice Act requires the Minister of Justice to prepare a Charter Statement for every government bill to help inform public and Parliamentary... -
Toward Transformative Change: an Implementation Plan for Canada’s Black...
This Implementation Plan (“the Plan”) is the Government of Canada’s response to the report of the external Steering Group (the “Steering Group”) for Canada’s Black Justice... -
Charter Statement - Bill S-8: An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee...
Section 4.2 of the Department of Justice Act requires the Minister of Justice to prepare a Charter Statement for every government bill to help inform public and Parliamentary... -
JustFacts: Drug-Related Offences Subject to a Mandatory Minimum Penalty,...
This fact sheet presents information on criminal court cases where the most serious offence in the case is a drug-related offence subject to a mandatory minimum penalty (MMP)....