The LAP’s goal is to “enable the provinces and territories and their legal aid plans to deliver criminal legal aid (and criminal and civil legal aid in the territories) to economically disadvantaged persons facing the likelihood of incarceration, and for youth pursuant to the Youth Criminal Justice Act, through the provision of contribution funding” (Department of Justice Canada, 2007). [...] In accordance with the Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation, the evaluation of the LAP addresses the core issues of the relevance and performance of the LAP. [...] Criminal legal aid in the provinces and criminal and civil legal aid in the territories continue to be the core funding areas of the LAP, and the other components—funding for I&R legal aid services, COCFP, PSAT, and the FPT PWG—have been added over time. [...] Overview of the Legal Aid Program As outlined in the ARAF, the components of the LAP are designed to achieve four key objectives: • “to promote access to justice and protect rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by contributing to the delivery of criminal legal aid for economically disadvantaged persons facing the likelihood of incarceration, and for youth pursuant to the Youth [...] For this evaluation, interviews were the main line of evidence and were used to obtain the opinions of those directly involved in the components of the LAP and other relevant stakeholders on the relevance and performance of the LAP, as well as context for understanding the quantitative data on legal aid.
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