Ontario Legal Aid

• Criminal Lawyers’ Association calling on Ontario for more funding for legal aid

  The 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.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2022
  
• Proposed Ontario justice modernization law would undermine access to system, experts say

  Community legal clinics and law professors are among those raising the alarm over Bill 161, particularly its impact on the province's legal aid system.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2020
  
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• Ontario government cancels future legal aid funding cuts, but 2019 reductions remain

  The 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.

  Politics

  Dec 9, 2019
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• Ontario’s top judges criticize Ford government cuts to legal aid

  The judges say the funding cuts will impact access to justice for many Ontarians.

  Politics

  Sep 11, 2019
• Trudeau slams Ford for legal aid cuts as federal funding announced

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday one-time legal aid funding of $26.8 million for refugee and immigration cases.

  Canada

  Aug 12, 2019
• Parkdale law office forced to relocate due to cuts to Ontario legal aid funding

  A successful Toronto Parkdale law office has been forced to move to a church basement because of provincial legal aid funding being slashed. 

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2019
• Federal justice minister swats back at Ontario attorney general over legal aid spending

  Federal 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.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2019
• Ontario attorney general invokes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in spat over refugee legal aid

  Downey 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.

  Politics

  Jul 19, 2019
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• Cuts to Legal Aid Ontario mean asylum seekers are on their own, refugee lawyer says

  “I think it’s devastating because when people come to Canada they enter the system. They need representation. It’s almost impossible for people to understand how to prepare and how to represent themselves."

  Politics

  Jun 4, 2019