The Alberta government is ripping apart legal aid:

Last month Alberta’s Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
wrote the Alberta government warning of a looming justice system
disaster and requested an urgent meeting to discuss adequate funding for
Legal Aid Alberta.

This situation is no chicken little; the sky is falling, and it will crush fairness in Alberta’s courts.

Legal Aid Alberta has been so underfunded and choked of resources
that the province risks sliding into a model of frontier justice, where
the innocent are convicted, and only the rich and powerful can defend
themselves in court.

The Alberta government is ripping apart legal aid: Last month Alberta’s Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
wrote the Alberta government warning of a looming justice system
disaster and requested an urgent meeting to discuss adequate funding for
Legal Aid Alberta.This situation is no chicken little; the sky is falling, and it will crush fairness in Alberta’s courts.Legal Aid Alberta has been so underfunded and choked of resources
that the province risks sliding into a model of frontier justice, where
the innocent are convicted, and only the rich and powerful can defend
themselves in court.Read More