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Law Enforcement 35,772 36,235 36,235 36,235

Legal Support Services 3,441 3,441 3,441 3,441

Court Services 9,785 10,900 10,900 10,900

Legal Registries 1,388 1,388 1,388 1,388

Corrections 33,797 35,449 35,449 35,449

Community Justice 4,817 4,757 4,757 4,757

TOTAL 106,094 109,442 109,437 109,437

Advisory and Administrative Services

Advisory and Administrative Services includes three programs: the Offices of the Deputy Minister, the Assistant Deputy Minister, the Assistant Deputy Attorney General; Policy and Planning and Corporate Services. This line of business provides the overall leadership; policy development and planning; human resources; training administration; and financial and administrative support.

Objectives

• To provide leadership for the department in order to ensure that its goals, objectives and priorities are met.

• To advise Cabinet on legal matters affecting the Government of Nunavut.

• To work with other departments, communities and governments to continuously improve the administration of justice in Nunavut.

• To support the development of Inuit legal professionals who can provide services in Inuktitut and bring an understanding of Inuit culture and values to their work.

• To provide policy direction and act as liaison between the Government of Nunavut and the RCMP, and ensure that policing services in Nunavut meet the needs of Nunavummiut.

• To provide support services to the other divisions of the Department of Justice in financial administration, policy development, and human resource functions.

Department of Justice

Programs Budget ($000) 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Deputy Minister/

Assistant Deputy Minister’s Office Assistant Deputy Attorney General

1,740 1,740 1,740 1,740

The Deputy Minister (DM)/ Deputy Attorney General (DAG), the Assistant Deputy Ministers of Justice (ADM), and the Assistant Deputy Attorney General (ADAG) are responsible for the overall management of the department, including providing leadership and setting program direction, monitoring goals, objectives, policies and budgets and ensuring that priorities and directives are followed. The Deputy Minister of Justice/Deputy Attorney General is the official legal advisor to the Executive Council and the Government of Nunavut. An ADM oversees the Community Justice Division and the RCMP policing file as well as the Office of the Public Trustee program. The Public Trustee program administers trusts on behalf of minors and administers estates and trusts of Nunavummiut who die without a will or are in need of protection because of disability. The Assistant Deputy Attorney General oversees legal registries, legislation and legal services provided by the Department.

Corporate Services 14,569 14,634 14,629 14,629

The Corporate Services Division provides a full range of financial, staffing/training, administrative management and support services to the Department. The Division also oversees the financial aspects of the policing agreements, and manages the human resources functions for the Department. The Division also oversees the contribution agreements that fund the Legal Services Board, the Human Rights Tribunal and Community Justice Outreach Workers.

Policy and Planning 785 898 898 898

The Policy and Planning Division is responsible for developing departmental policy and legislative proposals; analyzing proposed departmental policies; business plan development; conducting justice consultations with other departments, communities and governments; and developing and communicating departmental responses to justice issues.

Total Advisory and

Administrative Services 17,094 17,272 17,267 17,267

Priorities (2014-15)

• Consult with stakeholders on the creation of civil forfeiture legislation.

Status: The department has developed a Consultation & Communications Plan for a Civil

Forfeiture Act and is implementing phase one of a three phase plan. The department has mailed out a letter to various justice stakeholders, inviting them to provide their views in writing regarding the proposed new legislation. The next step will be to conduct community consultations.

Department of Justice

• Work with stakeholders, and the Federal Government, to improve victim’s services.

Status: The department is in its fourth year of a five year agreement with the Federal Government on victim services for Nunavut. The agreement was written in two phases, with the first objective to create a victims travel fund for victims or families of victims who wish to travel to court proceedings. The second objective is to increase awareness and provide more support for victims of crime in Nunavut.

The department has also taken an active role in the government working group to create a child and youth protection center. The Arctic Child and Youth Foundation is currently the leader in this initiative with support and guidance from a GN working group. The child and youth protection center is at the initial stages with funding provided by the Federal Government.

• Increase Inuit employment within the Department of Justice.

Status: The Department of Justice has an Inuit employment rate of 42-43%. As per the

Priority Hiring Policy, beneficiaries are given priority in all job competitions for indeterminate positions. Where possible, mentors and internship opportunities are offered to those beneficiaries interested in pursuing middle or senior management positions in the department.

All divisions are advised to review the resumes of beneficiaries in the casual staffing binder and where necessary, go back two to three months in the binder, before filling a position.

Priorities (2015-16)

• Work with justice partners and stakeholders to increase and improve alternatives to court and community based measures outside the court process.

• Introduce Civil Forfeiture legislation.

• Work with stakeholders, and the Federal Government, to improve victim’s services.

• Increase Inuit employment within the Department of Justice.

Priorities (2016-17)

• Pass Civil Forfeiture legislation and begin implementation of the program.

• Implement new alternatives to court and community based measures outside the court process.

• Increase Inuit employment within the Department of Justice.

Priorities (2017-18)

• Increase Inuit employment within the Department of Justice.

Department of Justice

• Continue implementation of Civil Forfeiture Legislation.