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POLITICIANS GONNA POLITIC – Vulnerable immigrants and refugees gonna suffer.

Posted bywpengine 25 August 2019

Michael Spratt analyses the aftermath of Ontario’s Legal Aid funding cuts

Source: When Legal Aid is a political prop, Access to justice suffers

Posted bywpengine25 August 2019Posted inUncategorized

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