Legal Aid Ontario Expands Services

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Ontario lawyers applaud plan to boost legal aid eligibility, say more help needed

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Legal Aid Ontario announced it is planning a three-year increase to financial eligibility thresholds for family and criminal duty counsel and criminal certificate services.

It said the move aims to help more low-income Ontarians access legal aid and reduce the backlog in criminal courts.

Attorney General Doug Downey said the increase is expected to help an additional 180,000 people each year .

For Bytensky , the newly proposed eligibility threshold is significant but only the start of what’s needed to ensure everyone can have their day in court.

“The government needs to use the same approach it has taken towards dealing with the backlogs and the problems in the criminal court system with respect to civil law matters”.

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