

Policy Area
Priority Level
Last Updated
Justice
Medium-Term
January 21, 2024
The RPC will legislate standards for case completion times, at all levels of the justice system which consider the impacts on victims and the accused caused by unreasonable delays and will set the justice system budget accordingly to consistently meet those compassionate justice standards.
The very first finding in a 2019 review of the Canadian criminal justice system[1], was that "the [current] system is archaic and has not kept pace with social change [and] some of its values and principles are outdated, including relying too heavily on punishment and incarceration and not enough on rehabilitation."
The RPC believes the justice system should be restorative, proportional, compassionate, ethical, and equitable, not focused on punitive outcomes or corrupted for personal and political gain.