The effectiveness of the administration of justice depends on close cooperation with provinces and territories, both in policy development and in allocating the cost of providing services to Canadians - youth justice services, legal aid, public legal education and information, family justice, and other programs to improve or maintain access to the justice system. ###>Examples of these types of performance measures could include the trends in crimes and the application of custodial versus non-custodial sentences, or outcomes of litigation including trends in the value of settlements and awards.