DOUG FORD has cut spending for legal aid so 1) more people will not receive legal assistance and 2) Legal Aid will not pay lawyers for conducting bail hearings and now he is ensuring that law students and paralegals will not be allowed in court to assist anymore. His is an assault on the poorest Ontarians involved in the justice system in Ontario.

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Ontario’s attorney general should have already hashed out a solution that will not leave the poorest Ontarians with even fewer legal resources come the fall

Source: Opinion | Ontario must not leave accused people high and dry