The 11.10 – Gladue/Impact of Race and Culture Assessment (IRCA) Fee is billable when Gladue or IRCA reports are used in court or when counsel makes their own submissions to the Court in a similar manner.  

An attachment showing that counsel has reviewed the client’s Gladue or IRCA factors and used them to advocate for culturally appropriate restorative justice options is required when billing this fee. 

When billing the Gladue/IRCA fee without an official Gladue/IRCA report, or if the official report is over two years old, counsel must attach a document that confirms they meet all three criteria: 

1. Counsel interviewed the client about their Gladue or IRCA factors. 
2. Counsel contacted extended family and other community supports to identify and confirm supporting information. 
3. Counsel put forward culturally appropriate restorative justice options for sentencing or bail to the Court. 

Simple confirmation of the first two criteria is required (for criterion #2, indicate who was contacted), and then a brief description of how counsel used the information they obtained to argue for culturally appropriate restorative justice options for sentencing or bail. 

The Gladue/IRCA fee is intended to compensate counsel for time (equivalent to three hours at the hourly rate) preparing and using these factors to help the client. The fee being equivalent to three hours of work means that counsel’s attachment should demonstrate that a significant amount of time was spent to entitle counsel to this fee. 

This fee is used once per client if counsel has multiple certificates for the same client. 

Updated Feb. 26, 2026