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APPENDIX A

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

Source: Réseau national de formation en justice (RNFJ), Giving True Meaning to Equality: A new approach to standardization, training and the development of legal and jurilinguistic tools to ensure equal access to justice in both official languages, 1 December 2016, p.35.