The federal government is coming to the aid of Legal Aid Ontario.
It’s providing almost $26 million for clinics to handle immigration and refugee cases.
Prime Minister Trudeau says cuts by the Ford government is forcing them to step up.
“The fact that we have to be here today to recognize that yet another Conservative Government, the government of (Premier) Doug Ford, is walking away from services to the most vulnerable is really frustrating,” says Prime Minister Trudeau, “…the fact that the Government of Ontario is pulling back from it’s support of the most vulnerable means that we are stepping in with a one-year top-up to make sure that services continue for the most vulnerable.”
Trudeau says such services should be a shared responsibility.
How we treat the most vulnerable among us defines who we are. After provincial cuts to legal aid, we're stepping up to make sure people seeking asylum in Ontario have access to the legal services they need. Read more about today’s announcement: https://t.co/fW0uz80bgR pic.twitter.com/KnUE4rfdRx
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 12, 2019
