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LEGAL AID CUTBACKS – A VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES.

Posted bywpengine 19 December 2019

Three lawyers who have a few things to say about Legal Aid cuts. Part 7 in our series

Source: The Ford Fallout: “You’re seeing innocent people plead guilty to avoid navigating the courts”

Posted bywpengine19 December 2019Posted inUncategorized

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HOW MUCH WEED DO YOU HAVE TO CONSUME TO EXCEED THE LEGAL DRIVING LIMIT? – “There are two prohibited levels for THC, the primary psychoactive component of cannabis: it is a less serious offence to have between 2 nanograms (ng) and 5 ng of THC per ml of blood. It is a more serious offence to have 5 ng of THC or more per ml of blood.” Does that help? Of course not. Nobody knows how much anyone has to consume to exceed these limits. The government just picked a random number and will convict you of “serious criminality” if you exceed it. If you are not a citizen of Canada you will be ordered deported.
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DESIGNATED DRIVERS – Passenger mom who had been drinking has car impounded and issued a roadside prohibition. “This was a combination of overreaching and a fundamental misunderstanding of the law,” Give them power and they will use it. Next time put mom in the back seat.

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  • Lawyers in England are refusing to represent some people because their legal aid system is insufficient to maintain a viable practice. The legal aid system in Ontario is similarly perpetually on the brink.
  • Since 1982 accused persons have had the right to a trial within a reasonable time. We’ve had the Askov, Morin and now the Jordan cases of the Supreme Court of Canada trying to ensure that right, with only limited success. So now the courts are stacking cases on top of other cases on their daily trial lists that have no possibility of being reached for trial on that date.
  • JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED – Every person charged with a criminal offence has the constitutional right to have their trial held within a reasonable time. Our Supreme Court has twice attempted to define what is reasonable through the cases of Askov and Jordan. The result has been decades of hundreds of cases being “stayed” from proceeding due to delay and further delays caused by the complex application procedures required to assert that right. Nothing has changed. Simply demanding that the trial process proceed expeditiously doesn’t work.
  • WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR BAIL SYSTEM? – The federal government enacts the criminal code. The province applies it. The province builds and owns the courts. The province hires the Judges, the Justices of the Peace, the Crown Attorneys and court staff.
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