Vast Majority Of Ontarians Oppose Ford's Cuts To Legal Aid: Poll

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'Legal aid matters to Ontarians'

Three-quarters of Ontarians are opposed to the province’s cuts to Legal Aid Ontario, a new poll found.

The poll was commissioned by the Society of United Professionals, a union representing 350 legal aid lawyers across Ontario. It comes after the province announced it was cutting Legal Aid Ontario’s budget by 30 per cent , and will further reduce annual funding by $31 million by 2021-2022.Lawyers and doctors along with members of the community gathered at Queen's Park to protest cuts to the Legal Aid Ontario May 7, 2019.

The province said in its recent budget that it’s “streamlining the delivery of legal aid to promote long-term sustainability.”

 

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