The AJC welcomes the full relaunch of the Department of Justice’s LP-01 Training and Development Program, on October 29, 2026.

The Department of Justice Canada and the Association of Justice Counsel (AJC) are pleased to announce a resolution addressing the outstanding grievances and complaints brought by the AJC regarding the pause of the LP-01 Training and Development Program as well as redress measures for individual grievances. 

Settlement discussions are currently underway with the Department of Justice regarding the pause of the Department of Justice LP-01 Training and Development Program.

The AJC received the employer’s response to the policy grievance on the program’s pause of the LP-01 Training and Development Program.

Association of Justice Counsel members have taken decisive action and filed 248 individual grievances, a judicial review application, and a policy grievance in response to the Department of Justice's suspension of the LP-01 Training and Development Program.

Since our last update, there has been sustained advocacy to support LP-01 members who were part of the Department of Justice LP-01 Training and Development Program. The AJC has rarely seen such a response to an Employer decision from members. The decision to pause the LP-01 Program was the wrong decision, and one that penalizes members in the LP-01 classification.