Submissions and Resolutions

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Eligibility for Legal Aid

  • February 19, 2005

Whereas the Canadian Bar Association is committed to legal aid as a public service essential for true access to justice and has advocated national standards to achieve a fair and equitable level of access to justice and legal aid services across Canada

Accountability for Access to Justice

  • February 21, 2004

Whereas the CBA has urged the federal government to establish an Access to Justice Transfer, which would separate its contribution for civil legal aid from a block transfer to the provincial and territorial governments that does not require them to use the money for civil legal aid, nor require them to allocate any funding for civil legal aid;

Access to Justice Transfer

  • August 16, 2003

Whereas the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) cautioned the federal government not to include funding for civil legal aid in the global Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST), arguing that civil legal aid would lose out when competing for funds with health and education