Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto (ALST) is expanding its Gladue report writing program

Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto (ALST) is expanding its
Gladue report writing program with an additional $1 million in funding over two years from Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). Gladue reports detail the unique life circumstances of First Nation, Metis, and Inuit people and offer recommendations for sentencing given their circumstances. The funding will allow ALST to hire new caseworkers and offer Gladue report writing services in new locations: Ottawa, Oshawa - Peterborough – Lindsay, St. Catherines - Niagara Falls, and Barrie - Orillia. The funding will also allow ALST to hire a new aftercare worker in Brantford. ALST currently employs five case workers in Toronto, Brantford-Hamilton, Waterloo-Wellington and Sarnia. They write Gladue reports at the request of defence counsel, crown attorneys or judges.