Mr. Chairman, the Legislature is interested in how we spend and budget money. It is my understanding that it was widely supported for this government to look at the area of legal aid and try to establish some limitations on how we would negotiate a reasonable budget which we would give to the legal aid services board for them to provide the services. That is what we have done. The legal aid services board itself develops its own criteria on how it will provide and extend its services to provide legal aid to people in the public. The government has never been in a position to deny support to people who want to take legal action, even against the government. We have never been a position to do this.
Stephen Kakfwi on Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 1st, 1993
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