DR Fund

Initiatives Funded in 2001-2002

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (Office of Dispute Management)

$100,000 - Continued support for the implementation of a conflict management system designed to address employment disputes. Monies to support expanding a network of champions, to provide new training for managers and employees and to ensure that all employees are introduced to the DR System.

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (Appeals Branch)

$49,160 - Continued support for a project designed to improve the efficiency of, and client satisfaction with, the administrative appeals process. Monies to support ongoing pilot project, which introduces mediation as an additional DR mechanism to resolve disputes between CCRA and taxpayers in the context of income tax appeals process - with a view to reducing the number of cases which proceed to court.

Canadian International Development Agency (Contract Management Division)

$164,000 - Continued support for the development and implementation of a Contracting DR system aimed at early low-level resolution of disputes. Monies to support training, development of evaluation framework and launch pilot project.

Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission

$40,000 - Continued support for the integration of DR into the Commission's existing quasi-judicial procedures, in the context of competitive and access disputes. Designed to assist the Commission in exercising its statutory mandate in a more efficient and effective manner. Monies to support additional training and evaluate Commission's DR program.

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

$85,000 - Continued support for the implementation of the Agency's DR Strategy including creation of a DR specialist position, building capacity and acceptance of DR processes within CEAA, and a pilot project that will use DR in the environmental assessment process.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

$156,000 - Continued support for the implementation of DR by the Agency in its role as employer and regulator of the food industry. Monies to be used to support early use of DR to resolve disputes in three new areas, to expand use of DR in cases already in litigation, to deliver training and to continue evaluation and reporting on success of efforts.

Canadian Transportation Agency

$65,000 - Continued support to expand areas in which services of Mediation Services Unit offered. Monies to be used for mediation training, to support ongoing pilot in railway and marine disputes, and to develop an evaluation framework.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

$139,450 - Support for new initiative to design and develop DR models/processes for use across CIC that will reduce litigation costs. To occur concurrently with the implementation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Bill C-11).

Civil Aviation Tribunal

$11,000 - Support for a new initiative to design and develop a model using mediation techniques to resolve disputes arising under the Aeronautics Act prior to hearings with a view to reducing both the length and number of hearings. Monies provided for training of members.

Commissioner of Official Languages

$61,045 - Support for the implementation and evaluation of a pilot project which involves the use of DR methods in the complaints resolution process.

Correctional Services Canada

$56,000 - Support for the development and implementation of a "Culture of Change Pilot" site in a penal institution that will apply restorative justice principles and practices toward the development and implementation of a culture of respect. Aim is to create a portable model for use by other institutions.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Responsible Fishing Operations)

$30,000 - Continued support for the implementation and evaluation of the Department's DR-oriented Responsible Fishing Operations strategy.

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Comprehensive Claims)

$70,000 - Support for development, design and testing (pilot) of a DR model to be used by parties in resolving overlap claims - disputes arising in the context of aboriginal land claim negotiations.

Environment Canada (Contaminated Sites)

$50,000 - Support to assist in the design, development and testing of a DR process to engage parties in effective and timely re-mediation of sites and the fair allocation of responsibility in a non-litigious way.

Environment Canada (Contract Management)

$35,000 - Support for planning, development and design of a DR model to be used in the resolution of disputes arising from Departmental contracting and procurement procedures.

Human Resources Development Canada (Labour Program)

$101,050 - Support for the expansion of a developed DR program to include use of DR in complaints filed under S. 251 of the Canada Labour Code (Wage Recovery). Also support for development and testing of a culturally sensitive DR model for use in disputes involving First Nations.

Human Resources Development Canada (Nova Scotia Region)

$100,000 - Continued support for expansion and evaluation of a pilot project in which DR is used to resolve Employment Insurance disputes prior to entering the formal appeal system.

Hazardous Materials Review Commission

$52,000 - Continued support for the implementation of DR initiative designed to assist the Commission in carrying out its statutory mandate more effectively and efficiently. Involves both dispute prevention and early resolution of disputes through non-litigious means, to reduce formal appeals.

Health Canada (Health Products and Food Branch)

$96,000 - Support for the development, design and testing of a DR pilot to assist in resolving disputes that arise related to product approval in the area of drugs and other therapeutic products.

Immigration and Refugee Board

$133,600 - Continued support to expand use of DR in the sponsorship appeals process, and conduct a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of DR initiative.

National Energy Board

$82,000 - Continued support for the implementation and evaluation of DR process established as an alternative to formal hearings in the determination of detailed pipeline routes.

National Parole Board (Victims Voices)

$60,000 - Support for the development and integration of an interest-based process into the rights-based parole hearing process to ensure that victim's have full voice in parole hearings.

National Parole Board (Community Assisted)

$40,000 - Support for design and development of a more restorative approach for community assisted parole hearings in the Aboriginal context.

Office of the Correctional Investigator

$73,000 - Support for the design, development and testing of DR approaches, to be used in resolving disputes between inmates and federal penitentiaries; and for specialized training to permit staff to participate in DR processes and provide third party neutral services.

Public Service Staff Relations Board

$92,500 - Support for the production of a training video on mediation designed to increase knowledge, understanding and use of mediation. Product to be shared broadly.

Public Works and Government Services Canada

$110,695 - Support for the development and implementation of a DR pilot project designed to better address disputes arising out of the PWGSC construction contracting process.

Parks Canada

$157,000 - Support for a series of pilots using different DR approaches in employment-related disputes in order to determine the most cost effective and efficient system of DR within the national organization. Undertaking to share information (lessons learned, best practices) with other government departments.

Sports Canada

$90,000 - Support for the implementation of dispute resolution program(s) for Canadian sport. Aim is to reduce costs of litigation currently incurred on issues related to doping in sport, National Sport Organization programming and various Sport Canada policies.