Sentences with phrase «financial eligibility thresholds»
There have been three 6 - percent increases to the financial eligibility thresholds since 2014, Neil noted, with the most recent this past April.»
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«Although the province has recognized this and has made a multi-year commitment to raising the legal aid financial eligibility thresholds, Legal Aid Ontario has a yearly budget it must adhere to and it must prioritize, in accordance with its legislation, the cases it is able to fund,» said Feroneh Neil in an email.
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Law Society president Joe Egan said «The financial eligibility test for civil legal aid is disqualifying people from receiving badly - needed legal advice and representation, even though they are already below the poverty line... The position has been getting progressively worse, because the means test thresholds have been frozen since 2010, while the cost of living, of course, has not.