Todays Budget announcement included an increase to the financial eligibility for legal aid. Heres the Ministry of Finances statement: The government is introducing a strategy to expand access to legal aid by raising the income eligibility threshold to qualify for legal aid assistance. The income eligibility threshold has not increased since the 1990s. As a result, more and more low-income Ontarians are unable to afford legal representation in the court system. When fully implemented, raising the income eligibility threshold would allow an additional one million low-income Ontarians to be eligible for legal aid services, more than doubling the number of eligible Ontarians. As part of this initiative, approximately 75,000 additional certificates would be issued by Legal Aid Ontario each year. These certificates allow low-income Ontarians to be represented by a lawyer.
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 03:00:10 +0000
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