Again, I was pleased to see these dollars allocated. I'm further pleased, since becoming Minister of Justice, to rebuild a substantive relationship with the Canadian Judicial Council and to benefit from appearing before from them twice now.
I recognize that we need to do everything we can in the justice system to ensure we are providing respect and dignity for the diversity of individuals who come before judges, as well as to ensure that judges receive the necessary training to account for our changing environment, whether that be understanding implicit bias or understanding how to deal most appropriately with victims of sexual assault.
The monies that have been allocated will go towards the Canadian Judicial Council in terms of doing the work to provide judges with the necessary training to be familiar with how to recognize implicit bias and how to assist in a dignified way in dealing appropriately with individuals who are victims of sexual assault.