"Access to justice is one of the fundamental rights we enjoy as Canadians

Legal Aid: Rebuiliding BC’s Broken System

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 Legal Services Society of B.C
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The report, Rights-Based Legal Aid: Rebuiliding BC’s Broken System, produced by the West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, shows that the number of family law referral cases, not including mandated child apprehension referrals, has been cut by 75% by the Campbell Liberal government since 2001.

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BCGEU President Darryl Walker

The BCGEU represents most of the 145 remaining workers at the Legal Services Society of B.C.
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 BCGEU President Darryl Walker

“Legal rights are worthless without a way to enforce them,” says Walker. “A rights-based system makes sense, because it removes politics from the justice system and ensures that all British Columbians have access to a basic level of legal services.”

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 BCGEU President Darryl Walker

"Access to justice is one of the fundamental rights we enjoy as Canadians but successive cuts to legal aid services and staff mean fewer British Columbians can exercise those rights," says BCGEU President Darryl Walker. "This report clearly shows how difficult it is for lower-income British Columbians to access our justice system."

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BCGEU President Darryl Walker

Despite increased demand for legal aid services, the provincial grant to the Legal Services Society was cut by $2 million last year with another $1 million cut scheduled for 2010/2011. Since 2001, the province has closed 44 legal aid offices, laid off 297 staff, severely restricted eligibility for legal aid services and eliminated all poverty law services for low-income residents.

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