Mr. Gray said that by going on the Information Highway, the Department can offer to Canadians, and the world, an alternative and inexpensive way to get information about Departmental activities. Information found on the site covers subjects such as policing and law enforcement, Aboriginal policing, corrections and national security. The Department's site will eventually contain an array of reports.
All material included on the site is located in a searchable infobase. .
The Department is part of the Ministry of the Solicitor General, which is responsible for the federal government's role in policing, corrections, parole and national security. In addition to the Department, the Ministry is responsible for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Correctional Service of Canada, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the National Parole Board, as well as three review agencies. As a convenience to users, there is a hyperlink between the Department's and the RCMP's sites, and other Canadian and international criminal justice sites are also identified.