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Overview of Recent Activities and Achievements
August 2003
MISSION
The Mission of the Department of Justice is to:
- support the Minister of Justice in working to ensure that Canada is a just
and law-abiding society with an accessible, efficient and fair system of justice;
- provide high-quality legal services and counsel to the government and to
client departments and agencies; and
- promote respect for rights and freedoms, the law and the Constitution.
MANDATE
The Department of Justice has a dual mandate. This mandate derives from the
dual role of the Minister of Justice who is also the Attorney General of Canada.
In support of the Minister of Justice, the Department is responsible for providing
policy and program advice and direction through the development of the legal
content of bills, regulations and guidelines. In support of the Attorney General,
the Department is responsible for prosecuting federal offences across Canada,
including drug offences, litigating civil cases by or on behalf of the federal
Crown, and for providing legal advice to federal law enforcement agencies and
other government departments.
For more information, contact:
Communications Branch
Department of Justice Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
(613) 957-4222
www.canada.justice.gc.ca
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