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Press releases, backgrounders, media contacts and other relevant information about youth justice of special interest to reporters, editors and broadcasters.

• Youth Criminal Justice Act comes into force (April 1st, 2003)
• Backgrounder - Youth Criminal Justice Act (April 1st, 2003)
• Cities Project for Aboriginal Youth Launched in Winnipeg (January 17, 2003)
• Backgrounder - Cities Project for Aboriginal Youth (Winnipeg) (January 17, 2003)
• Backgrounder - One-Day Snapshot of Aboriginal Youth in Custody Across Canada (January 17, 2003)
• New Youth Justice Law Receives Royal Assent (February 19, 2002)
• Statement by Minister McLellan on the Constitutionality of the Youth Criminal Justice Bill (June 21, 2001)
• Minister of Justice reintroduces Youth Criminal Justice Act (February 5, 2001)

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