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Lecture Thursday: Justice and System

lecture thursday: John's, according to National Observer. She especially emphasized the number of people who struggle to represent themselves after being denied legal aid. We have a justice system to be proud of but it does not always do the job it was created for, Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, told a public lecture Thursday at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. The cut-off can be quite low, she said of funding restrictions. Is that access to justice I don't think so, she told the standing room only audience. Lost in a system they don't understand, and that seems incompatible with their reality, the accused lose faith in the system and in justice itself, and they give up. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.