Saskatchewan’s ministry of justice has withdrawn its contract with Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc. (CLASSIC), which the organization says has major implications for residents trying to get accessible legal services.
Saskatoon law clinic funding withdrawal poses political conflict question: executive director WATCH: On Wednesday, CLASSIC executive director Chantelle Johnson said, "There's been mutterings that it's because there's discomfort that CLASSIC holds government systems accountable because it's our job to advocate for people who experience poverty." Saskatchewan’s ministry of justice has withdrawn its contract with Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc.
(CLASSIC), which the organization says has major implications for residents trying to get accessible legal services. They said they’ve worked with the ministry over the past decade, saying their service contract had them receiving $100,000 to cover client-side services and student training. Saskatchewan ‘won’t predict’ how federal government will react to legislation blocking carbon tax collection, minister says “We’re also facing an unprecedented access-to-justice crisis in this provinc
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