The Correctional Service of Canada (French: Service correctionnel du Canada), or CSC, is a Canadian government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders. The Correctional Service of Canada came into being on December 21st, 1978, when Queen Elizabeth II, signed authorization for the newly commissioned agency and presented it with its Coat of Arms. The current Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada is Dr. Keith Coulter, who is a lifelong public servant and decorated military veteran.