Recommendation |
Departmental
response |
Management
Implementation Actions |
Lead[1] |
Timelines |
(5.25). Public
Safety Canada should work with the Province of Ontario and First Nations to
ensure that all self-administered agreements funded through the First Nations
Policing Program clearly state that First Nations policing services comply
with the provincial legislative framework that applies to all policing services
in the province. |
Agreed. As
self-administered agreements funded through the First Nations Policing
Program in Ontario are renewed, Public Safety Canada will continue to work
with the Province of Ontario, to the extent that the Province is willing, and
First Nations to develop agreed-upon wording that appropriately reflects the
relevant legislative and/or policy framework.
|
· PS
will inform the Government of Ontario of the Audit findings and clarify the
federal interest in working together to address the recommendation, and
invite Ontario officials to consider when and how to involve First Nations. |
Director
General, Aboriginal and Policing Policy Directorate, CSCCB |
· By
September 30, 2014 (completed) |
(5.29). Public
Safety Canada should take appropriate measures to update the principles of
the First Nations Policing Policy and incorporate these updated principles
into the First Nations Policing Program’s Terms and Conditions, and, as
applicable, in the policing agreements. |
Agreed. Public
Safety Canada will take appropriate measures to update the policy principles
for the Program, and will incorporate these updated principles into the
Program’s Terms and Conditions and in the policing agreements, as applicable. |
· PS
will take a two-phase approach to addressing this recommendation. Firstly,
the Department will develop a policy priorities document that is in keeping
with the 2013 renewal of the FNPP and its updated Terms and Conditions.
· PS
will use this document to inform revisions to the First Nations Policing
Policy at the time of the next renewal of the Program. |
Director
General, Aboriginal and Policing Policy Directorate, CSCCB
Director
General, Aboriginal and Policing Policy Directorate, CSCCB |
· By September 30, 2014 (completed)
· By April 1, 2018 |
(5.37). Public Safety
Canada should ensure that the First Nations Policing Program is accessible
and transparent, and operates in full compliance with Treasury Board’s Policy
on Transfer Payments and Directive on Transfer Payments. |
Agreed. Public
Safety Canada has developed updated Terms and Conditions for the First
Nations Policing Program. The new Terms and Conditions, which took effect on
April 1, 2014, ensure that contribution agreements under the Program operate
in full compliance with the Treasury Board Policy and Directive on Transfer
Payments. Guidelines based on these Terms and Conditions are expected to be
made available on the Public Safety Canada web site in Spring 2014. |
· New
Terms and Conditions for the FNPP have been developed. These new Terms and
Conditions ensure that the Program operates in full compliance with the
Treasury Board Policy and Directive on Transfer Payments.
· PS
will ensure that the Terms and Conditions for the FNPP are posted on the
Public Safety Canada website in order to increase transparency. |
Director
General, Aboriginal and Policing Policy Directorate, CSCCB
Director
General, Aboriginal and Policing Policy Directorate, CSCCB |
· By
April 1, 2014 (completed)
· By
May 30, 2014 (completed) |
(5.44). Public
Safety Canada should clarify what specific policing services the First
Nations Policing Program is intended to fund and ensure that
- the
program intent is reflected in the agreements that are funded by the program,
and
- policing
services funded by the program are not replacing provincial policing
services. |
Agreed. The Department commits to ensuring
that First Nations Policing Program (FNPP) funding is used to support the
delivery of policing services in keeping with the following definitions in
the Program’s new Terms and Conditions, which will take effect on April 1,
2014:
· -
For FNPP agreements where the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is the
police service provider, the FNPP is meant to enable a level of policing
services that supplements the level that has been agreed to pursuant to each
Provincial or Territorial Police Service Agreement, where the RCMP is used
or employed for aiding in the administration of justice and in carrying into effect the laws
in force in those jurisdictions.
· -
For FNPP agreements where the police service provider is a First Nation or
Inuit police service, the FNPP is meant to enable these police services to
provide the day-to-day policing services to the First Nation or Inuit
community (or communities) specified in the agreement. These police
services, however, do not provide specialized services, such as specialized
investigation teams and forensic services. Such specialized services
continue to be provided by the provincial or territorial police of
jurisdiction on an as-needed basis.
The
Department also commits to ensuring that agreements under the FNPP are not
replacing provincial or territorial policing services provided by the
RCMP under contract with the provinces or territories. |
· PS
will implement new Terms and Conditions for the FNPP, which provide
additional clarity on:
· The
role of the RCMP in providing services pursuant to an FNPP CTA agreement; and
· The
role of a First Nation or Inuit police service working pursuant to an FNPP
self-administered agreement.
· All
new Framework Agreements under the FNPP, effective April 1, 2014 or later,
will include language stating that policing services provided pursuant to an
FNPP Community Tripartite Agreement are separate and distinct from, but in
addition to the level of policing services that have been established and are
provided under the Provincial/Territorial Police Service Agreement.
· PS
will update current monitoring policies so that they ensure that officers
serving under FNPP policing agreements are not replacing provincial and
territorial policing services provided by the RCMP pursuant to the Provincial
/ Territorial Police Service Agreements. |
Director
General, Programs, EMPB
Director
General, Programs, EMPB
Director
General Programs, EMPB |
· Effective
April 1, 2014 (completed)
· Effective
April 1, 2014 (completed)
· By
April 1, 2015 |
(5.50). Public
Safety Canada should ensure that First Nations have meaningful input when
entering into new and renewed policing agreements. |
Agreed. Public Safety
Canada will continue to work with First Nations to provide the opportunity
for meaningful input when entering into new and renewed policing agreements. |
· PS
will implement the use of standardized templates for FNPP agreements. These
are expected to allow additional time for First Nation and Inuit communities
to provide meaningful input prior to the signing of future agreements.
· PS
will engage with Aboriginal organizations such as the Assembly of First
Nations and the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association, to discuss First
Nation concerns regarding opportunities to provide input to agreements. |
Director
General, Programs, EMPB
Director
General, Programs, EMPB & Director General, Aboriginal and Policing
Policy Directorate, CSCCB |
· Effective
April 1, 2014 (completed)
· By
November 30, 2014 |
(5.62). Public
Safety Canada should work with provinces and First Nation communities to
develop mechanisms that will provide reasonable assurance that police
facilities located in First Nations communities, used to support policing
services funded through First Nations Policing Program agreements, comply
with applicable building standards and standards for policing facilities. |
Agreed. Public
Safety Canada will work with provinces, territories and First Nation and
Inuit communities to consider and develop mutually-acceptable mechanisms that
will provide reasonable assurance that police facilities located in First
Nations communities, used to support policing services funded through FNPP
agreements, comply with applicable building and policing facility standards.
As these discussions proceed, the Department will work with these partners to
develop a better understanding of the state of existing policing
infrastructure in First Nation and Inuit communities that receive policing
services funded under the FNPP. |
· In
all new self-administered FNPP agreements, clauses will be added to ensure
that police facilities located in First Nation communities are inspected
regularly, in keeping with the fire safety and occupational health and safety
standards set out in the National Building Code and the National Fire Code.
· PS
will engage in discussions with federal partners, provinces and territories
and First Nation communities toward the development of appropriate mechanisms
to ensure compliance with applicable building standards and standards for
policing facilities.
· PS
will approach provincial/territorial partners to discuss each jurisdiction’s
willingness to share the cost of a review of the state of policing
infrastructure in FNPP communities. |
Director
General, Programs, EMPB
Director
General, Programs, EMPB
Director General, Aboriginal and Policing
Policy Directorate, CSCCB |
· Effective
April 1, 2014 (completed)
· By
March 31, 2017
· By
March 31, 2015 |
(5.66). Public
Safety Canada should review whether there are more economical ways than
leasing to provide funding for policing facilities to First Nations
communities receiving policing services funded under the First Nations
Policing Program. |
Agreed. Public Safety Canada will review whether
there are more economical ways than leasing to provide funding for policing
facilities to First Nation communities that receive policing services funded
under the First Nations Policing Program. |
· PS
will explore options that could allow for the provision of funding for
policing facilities to First Nation communities, with a view to determining
whether there are more economical ways than leasing to provide such funding. |
Director
General, Aboriginal and Policing Policy, CSCCB |
· By
March 31, 2016 |
(5.71). Public
Safety Canada should measure and report on the performance of the First
Nations Policing Program in a manner that brings together financial and
non-financial information to link management of risks, attainment of
objectives, and results. |
Agreed. Public
Safety Canada will continue to refine the First Nations Policing Program
Performance Measurement Strategy in keeping with the requirements of Treasury
Board Policies, Directives and Standards, to ensure that credible and
reliable performance data are being collected to allow the Department to
monitor and assess the results of the Program. These efforts will include
the completion of a revised Performance Measurement Strategy in 2014-2015 and
the preparation of annual internal performance reports. |
· PS
officials will finalize an Assistant Deputy Minister-approved Performance
Measurement Strategy (PMS) for the FNPP.
· PS
will also develop and implement annual internal performance reports based on
the new PMS. |
Director
General, Programs, EMPB
Director
General, Programs, EMPB |
· By
December 31, 2014
· By
September 30, 2015 |