CSC List of Investments since 2015

Date: February 10, 2021
Classification: Unclassified
Branch / Agency: CSC

Budget 2015

Collective agreements
Legal services/ litigation
Workers Compensation Benefits
Services to Not Criminally Responsible Individuals at CSC’s Shepody Healing Centre
Transforming Federal Corrections

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 Initiatives: 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.

Program Integrity: Budget 2018 provided funding over five years, starting in 2018-19. 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.

Collective agreements: 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. In the 2018 Fall Economic Statement, the Government announced $447.6 million over six years, and $146 million ongoing, to transform federal corrections.

Collective agreements: During 2020, CSC has secured additional funding to maintain ongoing operations. Funding was approved for a total of $854.5 million over five years, beginning in 2020-2021, and ongoing funding of $160.5 million thereafter. Specifically, Support for the Correctional Service of Canada provides resources for CSC to address pressures resulting from collective agreements ($189.8M over the first five years and $38.0M ongoing);
Legal services/ litigation: $93.3M over the first five years and no ongoing funding;
Workers Compensation Benefits: $396.1M over the first five years and $85.2M ongoing;
Addressing the Opioid Crisis: $44.1M over the first five years and $10.4M ongoing), as well as statutory amounts related to the funded items above ($131.2M over the first five years and $26.9M ongoing).
COVID-19 Operational Requirements: In the 2020 Fall Economic Statement, the Government announced $163 million over two years, to support Public Health measures in correctional institutions. This funding is to address immediate Correctional Service of Canada operational pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
CORCAN: The 2020 Fall Economic Statement also provided the impact value of some measures related to projected cash expenditures and liquidity support in 2020-21 and 2021-22. An amount of $9.0 million to support CORCAN activities contributes to the impact value of $172M for CSC.

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