The justice services offered at the Friendship Centre allow people to exercise their rights and identify recourses through support, guidance and assistance in legal matters, in complementarity with community resources.
This service offers community members support and guidance in their efforts to access justice and defend their rights, in complementarity with local resources. It promotes the full exercise of rights, through the acquisition of knowledge and skills that facilitate the understanding of the legal system, laws and regulations, and legal recourses.
General alternative measures program for adults (AMR-AU)
This program provides an opportunity for a person accused of committing a criminal offence to participate, if he/she so wishes, in a supervised process of reparation and reconciliation as an alternative to court proceedings. One of its aims is to promote greater participation by Indigenous communities in the administration of justice in their communities.
Programme d’accompagnement judiciaire et d’intervention communautaire (PAJIC) – Judicial Support and Community Intervention Program
PAJIC offers vulnerable people, such as those experiencing homelessness, an alternative to criminal prosecution or compensatory work. By agreeing to participate in and completing the PAJIC, community members can have their municipal court debt partially or totally erased.
This service offers community members support and guidance in their efforts to access justice and defend their rights, in complementarity with local resources. It promotes the full exercise of rights, through the acquisition of knowledge and skills that facilitate the understanding of the legal system, laws and regulations, and legal recourses.
General alternative measures program for adults (AMR-AU)
This program provides an opportunity for a person accused of committing a criminal offence to participate, if he/she so wishes, in a supervised process of reparation and reconciliation as an alternative to court proceedings. One of its aims is to promote greater participation by Indigenous communities in the administration of justice in their communities.
Programme d’accompagnement judiciaire et d’intervention communautaire (PAJIC) – Judicial Support and Community Intervention Program
PAJIC offers vulnerable people, such as those experiencing homelessness, an alternative to criminal prosecution or compensatory work. By agreeing to participate in and completing the PAJIC, community members can have their municipal court debt partially or totally erased.
