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CRIMINAL LEGAL AID [5 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

As a result of Program Review, the department will achieve further efficiencies in federal-provincial cost-sharing under the Criminal Legal Aid and Young Offender Program agreements. [Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
CONT

Par suite de l'Examen des programmes, le ministère réalisera des gains d'efficience grâce au partage des coûts par le fédéral et les provinces dans le cadre des ententes relatives à l'aide juridique en matière pénale et aux jeunes contrevenants. [Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Presupuestación del sector público
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Record 2 2017-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
  • Courts
CONT

Under the Ontario [LEGAL AID] plan, duty counsel are appointed to interview persons in custody or who are summoned to appear on a criminal charge, prior to their appearance before a magistrate and who wish legal aid. The primary function of duty counsel is to advise the defendant with respect to his legal rights, to advise him as to the elements of the offence with which he is charged, and to represent him on an application for bail or an adjournment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
  • Tribunaux
DEF

Avocat qui, au nom de l'Aide juridique, se met à la disposition des justiciables au Palais de Justice et qui peut leur rendre des services d'urgence, préliminaires ou temporaires.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Law
OBS

The Legal Aid Act establishes the Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission to provide legal services to persons and organizations for criminal and civil matters where these persons and organizations are financially unable to secure those services from their own resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Droit social
OBS

Officiellement il n'y a pas d'équivalent en français. Information obtenue par l'Office de coordination des affaires francophones (OCAF) et le Bureau de la minorité de langue officielle (BMLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Law
  • Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

Criminal legal aid ensures that economically disadvantaged people living in Canada, who are facing serious criminal charges and the likelihood of incarceration, have equitable access to the justice system.

OBS

Criminal legal aid is generally provided through private firms of solicitors and barristers in private practice. There are a limited number of public defenders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit social
  • Lois et documents juridiques
CONT

L’aide juridique en matière criminelle garantit aux personnes économiquement défavorisées vivant au Canada, qui font face à de graves accusations au pénal et risquent une peine d’emprisonnement, un accès équitable au système de justice.

OBS

La prestation de services de justice en matière criminelle relève d’une part du gouvernement fédéral, en vertu de son pouvoir constitutionnel de légiférer en matière criminelle, et d’autre part des gouvernements provinciaux, en vertu de leurs compétences en matière d’administration de la justice, de propriété et de droits civils.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

The Department of Justice has entered into new five-year funding agreements(valid to March 31, 2001) on criminal and young offender legal aid with the provinces. A key feature of these agreements is the establishment of a continuing committee of senior federal, provincial and territorial officials to share information and collaborate on legal aid policy development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Le ministère de la Justice a conclu avec les provinces de nouvelles ententes de financement quinquennales (valides jusqu'au 31 mars 2001) de l'aide juridique en matière de droit pénal et de jeunes contrevenants criminels. Un élément crucial des ententes est la création d'un comité de hauts fonctionnaires fédéraux/provinciaux/territoriaux chargé de partager l'information et de collaborer à l'élaboration de la politique en matière d'aide juridique.

Spanish

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