Use of the Gladue principle has ‘largely failed’ Yellowhead Institute report finds – APTN News
Sep 04, 2024
It’s been 25 years since the Supreme Court’s Gladue decision but a new report finds the landmark ruling has failed to live up to much of its initial promise.
The application of what are called Gladue principles has “largely failed” in Canada because of several factors including a disorganized Gladue process, limited resources for rehabilitation and “Gladue Workers,” the rise of Indigenous identity fraud and the lack of support for “victims, families and communities,” according to a report released by the Yellowhead Institute.
“The uneven application of Gladue, lack of related infrastructure, and near absent support for community justice initiatives has resulted in a process that now reproduces a myriad of harms it was initially designed to prevent,” the report, Twenty-Five Years of Gladue, released in July 2024, said.
