2024-25 Departmental Plan at a glance
A departmental plan describes a department's priorities, plans and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.
Vision, mission, raison d'etre
Operating context
Minister's mandate letter
Read the full departmental plan
Key priorities
- Foster a Culture of Trust and Engagement;
- Advance equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the workplace;
- Take action against systemic discrimination and racism in the criminal justice system;
- Modernize the way we work.
Refocusing Government Spending
In Budget 2023, the government committed to reducing spending by $14.1 billion over the next five years, starting in 2023–24, and by $4.1 billion annually after that.
As part of meeting this commitment, the PPSC is planning the following spending reductions.
- 2024-25: $ (1,766,000)
- 2025-26: $ (1,766,000)
- 2026-27 and after: $ (1,766,000)
The PPSC will achieve these reductions by doing the following:
- reducing travel;
- reducing professional services and;
- reducing operational expenditures.
The figures in this departmental plan reflect these reductions.
Highlights
A Departmental Results Framework consists of an organization's core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.
Prosecution Services
Departmental results:
- Timely and comprehensive legal advice is provided to investigative agencies.
- Federal prosecutions are completed in a timely manner.
- Through professionally conducted prosecution-related work, the ODPP contributes to the administration of justice.
Planned spending: $178,679,052
Planned human resources: 880
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada's (PPSC)Footnote 1 is responsible for prosecuting drug-related offences, regulatory and economic offences, national security offences, and all criminal offences in the territories. It also provides high-quality legal advice to investigative agencies. In 2024-25, the organization will continue to:
- work with law enforcement agencies across the country to prosecute individuals for high level drug trafficking offences and advocate for the imposition of meaningful sentences against individuals convicted of these crimes;
- dedicate efforts to prosecute offences related to national security, financial crime and foreign interference;
- accelerate the re-evaluation of prosecutorial policies using an intersectional and reconciliatory approach to prevent the PPSC's policies, practices, or procedures from contributing to discrimination, systemic racism, or overrepresentation of certain groups in the criminal justice system;
- implement its response to the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsFootnote 2;
- enhance its engagement with Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities and organizations, to better understand their different needs and realities, and take action to address their overrepresentation in the criminal justice system.
More information about Prosecution Services can be found in the full departmental plan.
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