That's a very good question, Monsieur Lemay. This is another one of those areas, like the drug courts, that has great merit and potential in assisting people who get involved with the criminal justice system.
To recap, in 2008 the Government of Canada announced that the aboriginal justice strategy had been renewed until 2012. The enhanced funding totals $40 million, bringing our investment to $85 million by 2012.
On the breakdown for individual communities, I will give you my undertaking to provide you with as much detail as possible, because these are initiatives that are very much worth pursuing. There are 104 community-based justice programs that service about 400 communities across Canada, along with 22 capacity-building projects. They deal with different aspects of the criminal justice system. There are aboriginal culture initiatives to make them accountable and take victims into consideration, but at the same time they are sensitive to the culture of aboriginal communities.
Within those 104 community-based projects...you have my undertaking that I will look into getting you the complete breakdown on them. We have some good examples here, but rather than take up all the time here, I will get them to you for the committee.
