How are we reaching this goal?
Focus on legal needs for everyone
Focus on addressing service gaps for basic, essential legal services including family law, wills, employment, housing and consumer issues
Encourage innovation
Develop and expand alternative ways to get legal help including different kinds of professionals, partnerships or ways of doing business
Expand scope of legal aid
Make legal aid available to more people and for a wider range of legal problems
Focus on access to justice
Emphasize the responsibility of lawyers and paralegals to fill access to justice gaps
This year's progress
2017 has seen many new initiatives to meet the legal of needs of people in Canada. These projects highlight the expansion of legal supports, the development of innovative approaches, new pro bono services and adaptations to meet the specific needs of people who face unique barriers to accessing the justice system.
Click here to learn about 2017 activities to advance Goal 2: Meet Legal Needs
Read the whole report here: Tracking Action on Canada's JDG's
Projects advancing this Goal:
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CANADA-WIDE |
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e-disclosure; innovations related to internal collaboration and the use of technology; |
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Database of lawyers, paralegals, organizations, and other professionals who offer reasonably priced services for self-represented litigants. Legal coaching project |
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Tax Court of Canada Advocacy Project Wills Project ID Clinic: ID Access and Legal Referrals for Homeless and marginally housed |
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ALBERTA |
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Alberta Limited Legal Services Project |
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Legal Clinic at Wellspring Calgary 1000 Voices Legal Clinic |
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Reforming the Family Justice System |
Theory of Change into the strategic plan of the Court of Queen's Bench |
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BRITISH COLUMBIA |
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A2JBC Unbundling Initiative |
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Telephone advice service & legal info for people affected by BC wildfires Civil Chambers Program. Employment Standards Program. Summary Advice Program. Wills Clinic |
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Justice Access Centre (JAC) Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) BC Human Rights Commission |
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Mediate BC’s Family Unbundled Legal Services Project |
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MANITOBA |
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Toll-free line |
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Agreement to Pay program |
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Drop-in clinics providing legal information, summary advice and referrals |
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NEW BRUNSWICK |
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Aboriginal Domestic Violence Outreach Program. The Sexual Assault Response Pilot Program |
Ministère de la Justice et Sécurité publique
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NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR |
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Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland and Labrador |
Pro bono Legal clinics on Small Claims Court matters, Court of Appeal matters, |
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Court of Appeal Legal Assistance Clinic |
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NOVA SCOTIA |
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Small Claims Court App |
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Nova Scotia Mental Health Court |
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Family law summary advice clinics |
Aide juridique de la Nouvelle-Écosse
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Conciliation/ADR services where parties are living in different jurisdictions |
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Wagmatcook First Nation Gladue court. Victims of sexual assault may now access up to four hours of free legal advice |
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NUNAVUT |
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Inuktitut Hotline |
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The Office of the Superintendent of Securities financial abuse checklist to help Elders All public services, including courts, are now available in Inuktitut |
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES |
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Outreach lawyer help civil and family clinics in 19 communities and weekly in Yellowknife |
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ONTARIO |
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519 Clinic LGBTQ positive environment Matches counsel with appellants of Crown wardship no access orders. Medical-Legal partnerships at five Ontario hospitals Free Legal Advice Hotline Support to self‐ represented litigants with civil non‐ family matters at Small Claims. Free wills and powers of attorney to low-income Kingston-area seniors. Pro bono Designated Representatives to unaccompanied minors arriving at Pearson Airport seeking refugee status. Law Help Ontario sites in three courts |
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND |
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Wills Clinic |
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Free summary legal advice to self-represented litigants in the areas of family law and civil law. |
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QUEBEC |
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Small Claims Court |
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The Itinerant Legal Clinic |
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Public Interest Cases program |
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Partenaires intéressés à soutenir les parties à La Division de petites créances: Cour du Québec, Barreaux, Justice Québec, Pro Bono, Éducaloi, Centre de justice de proximité, etc. |
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SASKATCHEWAN |
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Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc. (CLASSIC) |
A free student-run law clinic |
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The Solicitor Program The Panel Program Free Legal Clinics |
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Yukon trans and gender-non-conforming individuals protected from discrimination |
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