Inauguration of the Whapmagoostui Justice Facility
Whapmagoostui, QC, Sept. 6, 2012 - Today, Dr. Matthew Coon Come, Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) and Chairman of the Cree Regional Authority, inaugurated the Whapmagoostui Justice Facility in the presence of Madame Justice Danielle Côté, Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Québec, Criminal and Penal Division, as well as Stanley George, Chief of Whapmagoostui, Rhoda Angutiguluk, Mayor of Kuujjuarapik, and other distinguished guests.Following the inauguration of justice facilities in the communities of Mistissini, Waswanipi, Oujé-Bougoumou, Chisasibi, Wemindji, and Waskaganish, the Whapmagoostui Justice Facility is the seventh of nine (9) facilities to be constructed in the Cree communities of Eeyou Istchee. These facilities will be wholly managed and operated by the Crees, and they will host the hearings of the Québec and Superior Courts as well as house the local Justice Committees. These facilities will also offer a range of judicial and parajudicial services and programs, such as family services, mediation, and preventive and reintegration programs.read more
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