Lawyers in Ontario continue legal aid boycott

The Ontario criminal defence bar is set to continue its current boycott of serious legal aid cases. This is in spite of a $60-million infusion in annual funding given by the province of Ontario.

Criminal Lawyers Association president Frank Addario was quoted as saying "It's a step in the right direction, but it is an incomplete solution to the two-decade long erosion of access to justice."

Attorney-General Chris Bentley was being very vague about any contingency plans for the continued boycott. He was however quoted as saying "Legal Aid has an obligation to ensure that people in very difficult and desperate circumstances who need legal representation have legal representation." "They will take the steps necessary to achieve that."

Pictured below is Attorney-General Chris Bentley.