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Originally Posted by GullFoss
I don't understand how changing the funding system makes Legal Aid Alberta unviable. They have an operating surplus...
Much ado about nothing imo
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So, if the government dismantles a reasonably well-running legal aid program they will still be on the hook for paying for most of the same legal services, but now a highly inefficient and resource intensive case by case litigation process (using actual court time and government lawyers who would otherwise be doing other work) will replace the current administrative out of court legal aid process.
It will cost the taxpayer far more more in direct legal fees, unnecessarily waste vast amounts of court time, delay all civil and family matters while criminal matters draw an even more inordinate share of the available resources, and cause many criminal lawyers' businesses to suffer (and encourage them to leave the practice area and potentially the province - though that very last part is hard to assess how significant of a risk that is).
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From the post you quoted. This will delay trials, create an administrative burden on the courts and cost more.