11.19. Summary table of initiatives and investments
The following table lists the proposed initiatives and associated
investments (in millions of dollars) for the period from 2018 to 2023.
Initiatives |
Proposed investment - 2018-2023 ($M) |
1. Standardization of French common law
vocabulary |
15 |
2. Production and regular updating of legal and
jurilinguistic tools and educational resources that can be accessed
nationwide |
3. Training
of jurilinguists |
10 |
4. Legal-related language training in French
and English for justice sector employees who have direct contact with justice
system users |
15 |
5. Continuing professional development centre
for jurists |
5 |
6. National program for language rights
training and research |
5 |
7. French common law certificate offered in
English-language law faculties in Western Canada and Ontario |
5 |
8. Training in Indigenous language rights and
access to justice in both official languages |
1 |
9. Creation of a Canada-wide criminology
program with bridging and transfer options |
2 |
10. Creation of a Canada-wide law and justice
program with bridging and transfer options |
2 |
11. Creation of a Canada-wide college police
foundations program in French, and a training program in French in at least
one regional, provincial or municipal police academy |
2,5 |
12. Creation of a Canada-wide college
paralegal program
|
2 |
13. Creation of a Canada-wide graduate college
program in cybercrime |
2 |
14. Creation of Canada-wide graduate college
program in victimology |
2 |
15. French forensic science certificate |
1,5 |
16. Measurement and certification of
legal-related language skills in French and English |
2 |
17. Ongoing research and impact assessment |
2 |
18. Regions where equal access to justice in
both official languages is particularly difficult to achieve |
2,5 |
Total |
76.5 |
The funds the proponents will require to coordinate the initiatives
will be determined at a later date, based on the amounts allocated to the field
of justice in the federal government’s 2018-2023 official languages plan. The
same applies for the funds required for the administration and coordination of
the RNFJ