The restorative justice process was formalized in fall 2022 as the first element of the community's Justice Act, established in 2015 and meant to revamp its court.

The Law Society of Ontario's guide includes sections on constitutional protections for Indigenous people, landmark Indigenous rights cases, lists of Indigenous language interpreters and links to glossaries of relevant legal and cultural terms.

Singh, formerly a criminal defence lawyer, said "we didn’t have justice for Colten" and neither were concerns among Indigenous people about racism in the justice system adequately addressed.