Call to Action # 21

Why “In Progress?”

Beginning with Budget 2016 and through Budgets 2017 and 2018, the Federal government has committed over $350M to support various initiatives to address C2A # 21 including a focus on culturally sensitive healing services in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut:

• $47.5M over 5 years in Budget 2019 to support the construction and operations of the Nunavut Recovery Centre and $9.7 million ongoing in support of treatment centre operations. 
• $6.5M since 2018-2019 for the construction of a new healing center – Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Center – in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik.

In addition the government has announced the following programs:

• The Federal Pathway to Address MMIWG+ People released in June 2021, outlines investments to be made in Indigenous-led community safety planning to improve the safety and well-being of Indigenous peoples, specifically, women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, including through the Aboriginal Community Safety Planning Initiative
• The new Pathways to Safe Indigenous Communities Initiative to develop more holistic community-based safety and wellness models.
• The Government of Canada will also conduct a review of resources at the Correctional Service of Canada healing lodge for Indigenous women with a view to identifying the capacity required to effectively address rehabilitation and intervention needs.