Money seized during criminal investigations will be reinvested into 18 community projects.
The Civil Remedies Grant Program will start by putting $1.5 million into aid programs across the province, including a few in Northwestern Ontario. Some of the money will be going into more mobile drug surveillance in Northern First Nations communities, mental health crisis services and community legal assistance to First Nations people.
Some of the local programs include:
Centr’elles: Centre des femmes francophones du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario Connexion virtuelle avec les femmes d’expression française dans toutes les régions du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario, Thunder Bay $100,000
French-speaking women in Thunder Bay and surrounding rural regions who require support for sexual assault, intimate partner and family violence can receive support virtually where no other services are available. Funding will also be used to provide technical equipment and internet access to women in need.
Nishnawbe Aski Police Services, Northern Ontario Project Northern $99,946
A mobile surveillance package will provide the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service with the critical tools needed to disrupt criminal activities associated with the current drug crisis in rural and remote First Nations communities.
