The Ontario government's rejection of shared responsibility for legal aid is an "excuse for spending cuts" that will leave many of the province's most vulnerable at greater risk, federal Justice Minister David Lametti said Tuesday.
Lametti's letter comes after Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey recently wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directly and asked him to instruct his ministers to reply to the province's requests to fill what he says is a funding gap of $25 million.
The number of refugee claims in Ontario has soared by nearly 160 per cent since 2013, Downey said, connecting the increase to the Trudeau government's immigration policies.
"Because of their decision to increase the service need, we think they need to increase the service resources," Downey said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.
No comments:
Post a Comment