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CBA/MBA Call for Changes to Legal Aid Legislation in Manitoba

CBA/MBA Call for Changes to Legal Aid Legislation in Manitoba
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In a November 20 op-ed column for the Winnipeg Free Press, CBA President Susan McGrath and Manitoba Bar Association President Veronica Jackson said that the province’s legal aid Bill threatens basic rights and undermines important principles of justice.

“The people of Manitoba must look closely when the government re-introduces The Legal Aid Services Society of Manitoba Amendment Act (Bill 47),” they wrote. “It may not be the good news citizens so desperately want to hear.”

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