By Miriam Lafontaine The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn\u2019t agree with the program\u2019s approach. The federal government first offered $6.64 million in funding to provinces and territories in 2021 to improve fairness in the courts. Spread out over five years, the money was aimed at addressing the overrepresentation of Black people in the criminal justice system by promoting the use of race and cultural assessments before sentencing. These assessments \u2014 known as Impact of Race and Culture Assessments, or IRCAs \u2014 analyze how a convicted person\u2019s experience of systemic racism contributed to their criminal charges. While most provinces have accepted the federal funding aimed at supporting defendants or to cover the costs of assessments through… <\/p>\n
By Miriam Lafontaine The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn\u2019t agree with the program\u2019s approach. The federal government first offered $6.64 million in funding to provinces and territories in 2021 to improve fairness in the courts. Spread out over five years, the money was aimed at addressing the overrepresentation of Black people in the criminal justice system by promoting the use of race and cultural assessments before sentencing. These assessments \u2014 known as Impact of Race and Culture Assessments, or IRCAs \u2014 analyze how a convicted person\u2019s experience of systemic racism contributed to their criminal charges. While most provinces have accepted the federal funding aimed at supporting defendants or to cover the costs of assessments through... <\/p>\n