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Title   Legal Aid and the Poor
Date   Winter 1995
No.   Report No. 86

An exhaustive analysis of the extent and quality of legal services available to low-income Canadians in each province and territory. The report concludes that the current system does not meet the needs of the poor and recommends sweeping changes.

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