Mr. Speaker, I will try again with the Minister of Justice on a different topic. Mr. Speaker, a couple of week ago my colleague for Deh Cho raised a number of concerns, particularly about the way the legal aid program is operating in the Northwest Territories. He has concerns, I would like to state for the record that I agree with him, that there are certainly many problems with legal aid and that it seems to be time for the Minister to take some type of role in trying to correct them. Mr. Speaker, I am concerned about the procedures which are used for determining whether legal aid funding should be funding the court appeals of persons who have been found guilty of various offences. I certainly believe that at least in most cases the offenders original lawyer provides the executive director with a statement of opinion on whether there is grounds for an appeal. I have also been informed of different situations in which the appeal may be called for because of the apparent inadequacy of cases that have been produced by the lawyers themselves. Can the Minister of Justice indicate whether he would be willing to review the procedures used within the legal aid program for evaluating the funding of offenders' appeals? Thank you.
Jeannie Marie-Jewell on Question 490-12(3): Eligibility Criteria For Legal Aid On Appeals
In the Legislative Assembly on March 15th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Question 490-12(3): Eligibility Criteria For Legal Aid On Appeals
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 14th, 1993
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
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