Legal Aid Ontario
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Criminal Lawyers’ Association calling on Ontario for more funding for legal aidThe Criminal Lawyers' Association says it's set to meet with the Ontario government next week in an effort to seek increased funding for the province's legal aid program.CanadaOct 18, 2022
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Proposed Ontario justice modernization law would undermine access to system, experts sayCommunity legal clinics and law professors are among those raising the alarm over Bill 161, particularly its impact on the province's legal aid system.CanadaJun 10, 2020
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Ontario government cancels future legal aid funding cuts, but 2019 reductions remainThe Progressive Conservative government's spring budget had planned successive budget cuts for legal aid, with the funding set to be reduced by $164 million in 2021-22.PoliticsDec 9, 2019
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Ontario’s top judges criticize Ford government cuts to legal aidThe judges say the funding cuts will impact access to justice for many Ontarians.PoliticsSep 11, 2019
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Trudeau slams Ford for legal aid cuts as federal funding announcedPrime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday one-time legal aid funding of $26.8 million for refugee and immigration cases.CanadaAug 12, 2019
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Legal aid cuts prompt Ontario-wide day of actionMore than 40 events took place on Tuesday.CanadaJul 30, 2019
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Federal justice minister swats back at Ontario attorney general over legal aid spendingFederal Justice Minister David Lametti says the Ontario government's rejecting shared responsibility for legal aid as an "excuse for spending cuts" will leave many of the province's most vulnerable at greater risk.CanadaJul 23, 2019
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Ontario attorney general invokes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in spat over refugee legal aidDowney has now written to Trudeau, asking him to instruct his ministers to reply to Ontario's requests to fill what he says is a funding gap of $25 million.PoliticsJul 19, 2019
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Teach-in outside Attorney General’s office protests Legal Aid Ontario cutsThe budget cuts by the Ford government include slashing 30 per cent, or $133 million, in funding for Legal Aid.PoliticsJul 11, 2019
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Poverty law clinic to ask City of London to push back on provincial funding cutsNeighbourhood Legal Services will be making its case when London's community and protective services committee discusses the issue on Monday.PoliticsJun 17, 2019
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