Archive 2008 – Honourable John van Dongen
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November 25, 2008
$200,000 MORE CIVIL FORFEITURE CASH SUPPORTS COMMUNITY PROJECTS
VICTORIA – On November 25, Solicitor General John van Dongen announced an additional $200,000 in funding for targeted, local crime prevention and victim service programs. This funding from civil forfeiture brings the total provincial support to $750,000 for this year alone.
Joining the solicitor general at the event were Ida Chong, Minister of Technology, Trade and Economic Development (centre), and Mariah Dantu, a member of a Victoria youth theatre group involved in restorative justice (right).
Joining Solicitor General John van Dongen (third from left) at the funding announcement were: Geanine Robey, Victoria Restorative Justice Society; Andrea Hotomanie, Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre; Minister Chong; Circle in the Stream youth theatre group members Mariah Dantu, Graeme Scott and Andrew MacLachlin; and theatre group director Mark Hellman. As part of the society, the youth theatre group has received funding to further restorative justice work involving Victoria youth and police.
Minister van Dongen with a poster displaying some of the civil forfeiture assets liquidated by the Province, which in turn fund local crime prevention and
victim service projects across B.C.
Minister van Dongen responds to reporters’ questions following the $200,000 funding announcement at the legislature on Nov. 25.
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