VANCOUVER — A free and confidential legal service is now being offered to people who have been sexually assaulted in British Columbia.
The not-for-profit Community Legal Assistance Society has officially launched the new program, which offers three hours of legal advice to people regardless of age, gender or income, or whether they have reported the assault to police.
With funding from the federal government, she says the Stand Informed project aims to fill a"gaping hole" on the under-reporting of sex assaults by helping an"underserved" group better understand their legal options. She says though the organization officially launched the project Tuesday, it was"soft launched" a few weeks ago and has already taken on clients.
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