Sentences with phrase «provincial legal aid budgets»
Dramatically rising fees at Canadian law schools with equally dramatic reductions in provincial legal aid budgets have created the perfect storm for young talent in the criminal defence bar.
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Even with a large surplus and an annual provincial budget of $ 46 billion, the CBA has been told by the government there is no new money for legal aid, because each department must balance its own budget, says Shorten.
As part of the 2014 provincial budget, the Ontario Liberals promised to increase the eligibility threshold for legal aid services by six per cent each year over three years.
The Canadian Bar Association's British Columbia branch has hit out at the provincial government for its failure to increase financial support for the province's legal aid system in yesterday's budget.
The initiatives unveiled Thursday will be funded with some of the additional money ($ 30 million over four years) announced in the 2013 provincial budget for Legal Aid Ontario.