Worker Groups: Aboriginal Organizations

Hunting Grounds Dept: That leaves a dozen other participants -- including a coalition of sex-worker groups, several aboriginal organizations and advocates working in the blighted neighbourhood that Pickton turned into his hunting grounds -- without funding to cover their legal costs, according to CTV. "There are some concerns, but part of my job is to ensure that all people who have anything relevant to say will be heard," Oppal said in an interview Tuesday and former attorney general Wally Oppal, who is heading the inquiry, recommended 13 participants receive government funding to cover the legal costs of appearing at the hearings, but the province has only approved public money for the families of Pickton's victims. Oppal admits the province's decision presents a challenge to his inquiry, but he said other steps are being taken to secure legal representation, such as finding lawyers willing to work for free. As reported in the news.
@t wally oppal, former attorney general