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From: Dicastri, Steve JAG:EXSent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:33 AMTo: Steele, Karyne JAG:EXSubject: FW: For Information

Welllookslikebiggerpeoplethanmearedoingthisstudy.JustfocusonwhatimplicationsthiscouldhaveonourdistrictThanksFrom: Coulson, Peter SG:EXSent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:09 AMTo: Doherty, Patrick SG:EX; Anderson, Lisa R SG:EX; Davis, Gordon E SG:EX; Dicastri, Steve SG:EX; Green, Dina ISG:EX; Hawboldt, Debbie J SG:EX; Hawkins, Joanne SG:EX; Hodgson, Rick SG:EX; Pastorek, John SG:EX; Vike, EvanSG:EXSubject: For Information

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TimesColonist(Victoria)Wednesday,September28,2011PageA08The federal government's new criminal reform legislation could increase costs for B.C.'s justice system,

says the province's attorney general.

Shirley Bond said she has staff studying the impact that Ottawa's new omnibus crime bill, tabled last

week, may have on B.C. courts and judicial resources.

"I can tell you it's a pretty massive bill, and we have staff in both of my ministries going through thebill as we speak to look for implications," said Bond, who is both solicitor general and attorney

general, in an interview Monday.

"For example, if you're going to look at doing things differently with mandatory sentences, if you're

looking at changing the way you deal with certain types of prisoners, all of those things will have

potentially a downstream impact on provinces.

"I think you're seeing across the country while there is general support of the intent of the legislation,

it always comes down to what does it take to operate."

Bond said she's encouraged to hear comments from federal ministers that indicate the possibility offederal funding support.

Bond was speaking about the cost of the justice system on a day that Governor General David

Johnston unveiled a new coat of arms for the B.C. Sheriff Service.

The government temporarily restored sheriff staff positions cut in June - the equivalent of 34 full-time jobs -

after it received sharp criticism from judges and legal advocates that a shortage of sheriffs had led to

postponed trials and courtroom delays.

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$458-million for one yearGlobe and MailWednesday, September 28, 2011Page A04By Bill Curry

OTTAWA

The Correctional Service of Canada will spend more than $450-million this year implementing just one ofthe Conservative government's new tough-on-crime measures - the Truth in Sentencing Act - as Canada'sprison system expands to accommodate a rush of new inmates.

The Conservatives have spent years trying to pass a series of crime and justice laws, with much of theopposition debate centred on the cost of new initiatives. The CSC report reveals for the first time how muchone legislative change is costing taxpayers at a time when the Conservatives are set to pass new omnibuslaw-and-order legislation.

The 2010 Truth in Sentencing Act - which ended two-for-one sentencing practices in which judges give aconvicted individual two days credit for each day spent in awaiting trial - has led to more inmates andincreased costs, the agency responsible for federal prisons acknowledges.

"As a result of legislative changes, the number of inmates in [Correctional Service of Canada's] custody hasgrown and is expected to significantly increase over the next few years," the CSC states in a recentlyreleased report that was highlighted Tuesday by the Parliamentary Budget Office.

The Correctional Service of Canada's $3-billion budget for the current fiscal year is $514.2-million higherthan the year before, an increase of more than 20 per cent. The main reason is $458-million in new spendingtied to the Truth in Sentencing Act. Should that figure hold over five years, the cumulative cost would be

$2.3-billion.

That is $300-million higher than the estimate put forward by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews on April 28,2010, that the legislation would cost taxpayers about $2-billion over five years.

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But it is significantly lower than an estimate by Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, who put thefigure at $1-billion a year.

Mr. Page is currently working on an estimate of the government's latest crime bill.

Another Conservative crime bill, the 2008 Tackling Violent Crime Act, is responsible for a further $19.6-million in Corrections spending.

The CSC numbers came to light on Tuesday in a report released by Mr. Page that tracks governmentspending over the first quarter of the current fiscal year. The PBO report found that quarterly spending waslargely on track with previous government statements.

However, it also highlights recent federal government reports that have largely escaped notice. With littlefanfare on Aug. 29, federal departments - including the Correctional Service of Canada - releasedinformation breaking down their spending over the first quarter of the fiscal year. This has never been donebefore and provides new detail as to where government departments are spending and where they arecutting back.

Comparing the promised costs of crime bills with actual costs is particularly important this fall as theConservatives have packaged a large volume of crime bills from previous Parliaments into a single bill, theSafe Streets and Communities Act. The government has repeatedly declined to answer opposition questionsin the House of Commons as to what these new justice measures will cost.

Opposition MPs were highly critical Tuesday of a plan by the government to limit House of Commonsdebate on the legislation, arguing the government has not properly explained how the new measures willimpact Ottawa's finances.

"Are the Conservatives shutting down the debate because they do not want Canadians to know the facts?"asked NDP MP Jasbir Sandhu.

"The Department of Justice estimated the cost of crime in this country is about $99-billion, of which 83 percent is borne by victims in this country," Justice Minister Rob Nicholson countered. "If [Mr. Sandhu] isworried about the costs, he should start standing up for victims, just to make a change for the NDP."

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