I was one of those sole practitioners until six months ago and found that certainly buying hard cover books are expensive, but I did have my own fairly modest library. I would note, rather, that at one point the Government of the Northwest Territories had libraries in many of the communities which could be used by the lawyers. Hay River used to have a very extensive library, as did Inuvik. Those have all been closed down. I think that what's happened is the nature of legal research has changed, so the vast majority of it, as I understand, is now being done online. Yes, there are certainly services like CanLII which are free; other ones such as Westlaw you must pay for, but I think that's just a part of practising as a lawyer. There are going to be some costs. As I mentioned yesterday and again today, the number of lawyers using the library, the current library, appears to be very small. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Louis Sebert on Question 259-18(2):proposed Closure Of Court Library
In the Legislative Assembly on June 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 259-18(2):proposed Closure Of Court Library
Oral questions
June 16th, 2016
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