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Jan 31, 2024 · Police in Ontario are getting a cash infusion to help them fight crime. $121 million is coming from the federal government to combat gun and gang violence with a focus on the growing problem...
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Toronto’s rental prices continue to make the city more and more unaffordable. CBC Toronto’s Shannon Martin explores the city's most debated rent issues, the ...
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May 6, 2016 · Mayor John Tory praised the cash infusion and called it the “first phase” of an on-going federal commitment to transit. Talks have already started on the next contribution, he told reporters.
Aug 13, 2019 · The meeting comes a day after a cash infusion from all three levels of government to Toronto police.
- What Is A Community Justice Centre?
- Request For Expansion
- Effect on Pandemic-Related Backlog
- Future Expansion Plans
Between 2020 and 2022, the Ford government began road testing new rehabilitation-first courtrooms in Toronto, Kenora and London that integrated justice, health and social services in the same place. The system aims to have judges, crown attorneys and police officers work with health, mental health and housing specialists to “provide holistic wrap-a...
The frank revelations about the province’s views on the current criminal justice system were included in a grant application written by Ontario’s Attorney General in 2022, when his office asked the federal government for funding to ramp up community justice centres. The application, as well as the approval from Ottawa, were obtained by Global News ...
Courthouses in the province have been struggling with backlogs and staffing issues for years. At the local provincial offences courthouse in Mississauga, Ont., for example, prosecutors withdrew 11,000 charges in 2022, according to city officials who said the city’s pandemic backlog has been made worse as a result of a province-wide shortage of just...
Between the winter of 2022 and March 2025, the province will work to expand the existing justice centre pilots to five days per week, the application said. “There’s calls for more,” Downey said. The application also repeatedly stresses the importance of working with Indigenous and diverse populations, highlighting their disproportionate interaction...
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Dec 3, 2019 · The provincial governments often blame the feds for the problems, saying that don’t get enough money from Ottawa. In turn, the federal government generally denies the charge. How can we...
