CSC Budgetary Investments Since 2015

Date: October 26, 2020
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Branch / Agency: CSC

Proposed Response:

• Budgets 2015 and 2016 did not include any announceables for the Correctional Service of Canada.
• Budget 2017 provided $57.8 million over five years, starting in 2017–18, and $13.6M per year thereafter, to expand mental healthcare capacity for all inmates in federal correctional facilities.
• Budget 2017 provided $65.2 million over five years, starting in 2017–18, to help incarcerated Indigenous people rehabilitate and find good jobs.                   
• Budget 2018 provided $98.7 million over five years, starting in 2018-19.
• Key investments were in Program Integrity, $74.7 million in 2018-19 is to enable CSC to continue existing operations in support of its mandate.                                                                
• Mental Health Care - $20.3 million over five years to further support the mental health needs of federal inmates. Funds would largely provide enhanced mental health supports for women in federal correctional facilities across Canada.                                 
• Penitentiary Farms –$3.7 million over five years (starting in 2018-19) to support the reopening of the penitentiary farms at Joyceville and Collins Bay Institutions in Kingston, Ontario. The farms would be run by CORCAN.                                                            
• Budget 2019 provided additional funding to maintain operations for 2019-2020 (one year only).  Specifically, Budget 2019 provides resources for CSC to address pressures resulting from collective agreements ($37.0M), legal services/litigation ($18.5M), Workers Compensation Benefits ($24.0M), services to Not Criminally Responsible individuals at CSC’s Shepody Healing Centre ($0.9M), as well as statutory amounts related to the funded items above ($14.6M).                                       
• CSC has sought incremental funding to implement Transforming Federal Corrections (TFC), a strategy to eliminate the practice of segregation and to transform federal corrections through investments in proactive diagnosis, targeted intervention and treatment of inmates needs.  The TFC Memorandum to Cabinet was approved in September 2018 and funding was approved by Treasury Board Minister in May 2019.
• In the 2018 Fall Economic Statement, the Government announced $448 million over six years, and over $140 million ongoing, to transform federal corrections.  

Background:

The following are budget announceables for the Correctional Service of Canada for Budgets 2015-2019.

Budget 2015, 2016

NIL

Budget 2017

Mental Health Care    

Budget 2017 announced $57.8 million over five years, starting in 2017–18, and $13.6M per year thereafter, to expand mental healthcare capacity for all inmates in federal correctional facilities;                                    
Of which, $9.95 millions has been provided to Public Safety Canada’s Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative. The remaining $55.2 million dollars and $10.9 million ongoing thereafter is being provided to the Correctional Service of Canada to enhance its capacity to provide effective interventions for Indigenous offenders

Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative
                                   
Budget 2017 provided $65.2 million over five years, starting in 2017–18, to help incarcerated Indigenous people rehabilitate and find good jobs. Of which, $9.95 millions has been provided to Public Safety Canada’s Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative. 

The remaining $55.2 million dollars and $10.9 million ongoing thereafter is being provided to the Correctional Service of Canada to enhance its capacity to provide effective interventions for Indigenous offenders.                

Budget 2018

Budget 2018 announced $98.7 million over five years, starting in 2018-19 as follows:      

Program Integrity

Of which, $74.7 million in 2018-19 is to enable CSC to continue existing operations in support of its mandate.                                               

Mental Health Care    

An amount of $20.3 million over five years ($2.6 M for 2018-19; $3.3M for 2019-20; $4.1M for 2020-21; $4.8M for 2021-22 and $5.5M for 2022-23) and $5.6 million per year ongoing to further support the mental health needs of federal inmates. Funds would largely provide enhanced mental health supports for women in federal correctional facilities across Canada.                                                                       

Penitentiary Farms    

An amount of $3.7 million over five years (starting in 2018-19) to support the reopening of the penitentiary farms at Joyceville and Collins Bay Institutions in Kingston, Ontario. The farms would be operated by CORCAN.                                                                  

Budget 2019                                      

Through Budget 2019, CSC has secured additional funding to maintain operations for 2019-2020 (one year only).  Specifically, Budget 2019 provides resources for CSC to address pressures resulting from collective agreements ($37.0M), legal services/litigation ($18.5M), Workers Compensation Benefits ($24.0M), services to Not Criminally Responsible individuals at CSC’s Shepody Healing Centre ($0.9M), as well as statutory amounts related to the funded items above ($14.6M).         

Transforming Federal Corrections                                        

CSC has sought incremental funding to implement Transforming Federal Corrections (TFC), a strategy to eliminate the practice of segregation and to transform federal corrections through investments in proactive diagnosis, targeted intervention and treatment of inmates needs.  The TFC Memorandum to Cabinet was approved in September 2018 and funding was approved by Treasury Board Minister in May 2019.                                                         

Contacts:

Prepared by: Stephan Dietz, Parliamentary Relations Unit, 613-355-1224
Approved by: Tony Matson, Assistant Commissioner, Corporate Services

Date modified:

2021-03-12