The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 34 asks for different levels of government to "to undertake reforms to the criminal justice system to better address the needs of offenders with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)...."

Today, the Government of Canada, through Public Safety Canada's Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative (ICCI) funded a three-year University of Regina research project to respond to the over-representation of Indigenous individuals with FASD in the justice system.