National Action Plan on Open Government Commitment

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C04.4.1 - Justice

Commitment:
Justice
Milestone:
Foster partnerships and collaborate to advance access to justice
Indicator:
C04.4.1 - Work in concert with Provincial and Territorial partners
Lead Organization:
Department of Justice Canada
Deadline:
Ongoing
Summit for Democracy:
No

Updates

2024-03
Status:
Complete
Evidence of progress:

Justice Canada continues to work in close collaboration with provincial and territorial partners. As a recent example, the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ad Hoc Working Group on Access to Justice met in January 2024 to share recent updates on advancing people-centred justice and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions). The working group also identified potential research topics for future presentations, including on evictions data and seniors’ legal needs.

2023-12
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers of Justice and Public Safety met in October 2023 to discuss joint priorities
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Deputy Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety met on November 14 and December 5, 2023
The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ad Hoc Working Group on Access to Justice met in November 2023

Evidence:
2023-09
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Meeting of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ad Hoc Working Group on Access to Justice held in September 2023

2023-06
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Virtual meeting of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Deputy Ministers of Justice and Public Safety held in April 2023
Meeting of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ad Hoc Working Group on Access to Justice held in May 2023

Evidence:
2023-03
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

• Virtual meeting of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Deputy Ministers of Justice and Public Safety held in February 2023
• Meeting of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety held in March 2023

Evidence:
2022-12
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Justice Canada participated in a webinar on people-centred data collection with the Law Society of Manitoba, the Manitoba Bar Association and the University of Manitoba. Justice Canada and Statistics Canada also participated in a podcast with the Law Society of Saskatchewan on the 2021 Canadian Legal Problems Survey.

Evidence:
2022-09
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Preparations for fall 2022 FPT Ministers' meeting.

2022-06
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Meeting of FPT Deputy Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety (June)

2022-03
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Meetings of FPT Ministers and Deputy Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety (February)