Legal Aid Ontario

Legal Aid Ontario Dept: Refugee lawyers are up in arms over the plan, saying it will jeopardize the outcome for those who need proper legal advice the most, according to The Star. Last fall, Legal Aid Ontario implemented other cutbacks by limiting the hours it will cover for lawyers to research and prepare refugee appeals at the federal court and Most refugees coming from countries Ottawa has deemed safe will no longer be entitled to free legal representation at their hearings, under a proposal put forward by Legal Aid Ontario . The plan is to stop paying lawyers to prepare and appear at asylum hearings for refugees from the 35 designated safe countries, who now face expedited processing and removal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.