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href="https://www.fja.gc.ca/COVID-19/index-eng.html">Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/cj-jp/cbjs-scjn/index.html">Canada鈥檚 Black Justice Strategy </a></li> <li><a href="/eng/csj-sjc/ijr-dja/ijs-sja/index.html">Development of the Indigenous Justice Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/declaration/index.html">Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/csj-sjc/pa-lprp/modern.html">Modernizing Canada's Privacy Act</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/cj-jp/cbs-scc/index.html">Strengthening Canada鈥檚 bail system to keep communities safe</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/cj-jp/yj-jj/index.html">Youth Justice Initiative</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="lnkbx"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="h5">Minister</h3> <figure> <div class="embedded-entity"> <img src="/eng/abt-apd/img/virani.jpg" width="200" height="291" alt="Minister Arif Virani" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <figcaption> <a 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Justice Strategy</h3> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"> <p>The Key Elements Consultation Draft is currently open for public validation and comments.</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-6 mrgn-bttm-md"> <a class="hght-inhrt" href="/eng/cj-jp/cbjs-scjn/index.html"> <div class="well well-sm brdr-rds-0 hght-inhrt"> <div class="field field--name-field-spotlight-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"> <article> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img class="full-width img-responsive" src="img/cbjs-feature-img_eng.jpg" width="304" height="167" alt="Find out about the development of Canada鈥檚 Black Justice Strategy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field--item"> <h3 class="h5 mrgn-lft-sm">Find out about the development of Canada鈥檚 Black Justice Strategy</h3> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"> <p>Canada鈥檚 Black Justice Strategy is being developed by the federal government to address anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination that has led to the overrepresentation of Black people in the criminal justice system, including as victims of crime.</p> </div> </div> </a> </div>  </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="container"> <dl id="wb-dtmd" class="no-print mb-5 mt-3"> <dt>Date modified: </dt> <dd> <time property="dateModified"> 2025-01-03 </time> </dd> </dl> </div> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.js"></script> <script src="/themes-dist/wet-boew/js/wet-boew.min.js"></script> <script src="/themes-dist/GCWeb/js/theme.min.js"></script> </main> <footer id="wb-info"> <div class="gc-contextual"> <div class="container"> <nav class="wb-navcurr pb-4 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