The Province and the Legal Services Society have announced a one-time grant of $7.9 million to support the development of a new framework for legal aid funding.
The B.C. government and the Association of Legal Aid Lawyers have reached an interim agreement that will head off a province-wide strike scheduled for Monday.
The money — $4 million from the government and $3.9 million from LSS — will be used to increase payments to legal aid lawyers for a six-month period from April 28 to Oct. 31.The province says the injection of money will will ensure lawyers continue to provide legal aid services to those most in need, while the government, LSS and the Association of Legal Aid Lawyers negotiate a long-term agreement.
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