Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it may not be as simple as the Member thinks. The private Bar is somewhat limited. I just talked to a member of the press today who told me that she had posed the question to all of the law firms in Yellowknife and found only two that were prepared to take on family law cases. In those cases, the tariff that was requested was higher than what is approved by legal aid. So the legal aid system will not pay a higher tariff than what is approved, and that really tends to limit the opportunity for speeding things up. We have to have more lawyers who are prepared to take on family law cases before we're going to be able to deal with some of the backlog. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 53-15(3): Availability Of Legal Aid
In the Legislative Assembly on March 22nd, 2004. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 53-15(3): Availability Of Legal Aid
Question 53-15(3): Availability Of Legal Aid
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 21st, 2004
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