Victoria – David Eby, BC’s Attorney General, is reviewing a report by lawyer Jamie Maclaren, QC, on legal aid service delivery in British Columbia.
The report is based on public feedback and consultations with legal aid stakeholders in B.C. and across Canada.
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Kyla Lee of Acumen Law told FVN: I think withholding the report from both the public and legal community now is concerning. We paid for this review, and legal aid lawyers and their clients deserve to know what recommendations have been made. This smacks of the government attempting to buy time to figure out how to deal with a system that is broken and needs a serious injection of cash to fix any of the systemic problems.
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