NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, VICTIM SERVICES

Published purpose

The New Brunswick Department of Public Safety proposes to undertake several activities over five fiscal years to advance victim services and access to justice for victims and witnesses, while giving victims a more effective voice in the criminal justice system in New Brunswick. Activities will include launching a campaign to increase awareness of services available to victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), developing a coordinated community response to IPV cases, establishing an Aboriginal Domestic Violence Outreach Program, disseminating public legal education and information materials related to changes in the Criminal Code, enhancing victims services through e-learning activities and other initiatives to support the implementation of the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.