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legal aid ontario

But the premier has not responded to dozens of requests for help.
The government agency suddenly ended one program that cost only about $330 a week.
Private lawyers will no longer be paid to represent the vast majority of their most impoverished clients during bail hearings.
Clinics will be forced to turn away thousands of people a year, a director says.
Sixty-two per cent said the issue makes them less likely to vote for the Progressive Conservatives.
You need tens of thousands of dollars to go to court in Canada, but only the poorest of the poor qualify for help.