Justice Starts Here

The opinions and recommendations in this report, and any errors, are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect This report is available free of charge from the CCPA the views of the funders of this report. [...] The most common answer to the focus group What Stands In the Way of Access to Justice question “What does access to justice mean to in Manitoba? [...] At the same time, there are many organizations working in Manitoba to meet the legal needs of Manitoba (LAM) and the legal profession, there the population, including the province’s most vul- are a range of other legal service providers in nerable residents. [...] The Justice System Is Complex and Confusing When asked about the kinds of services available The complexity of the justice system itself is a to help people access legal services, focus group barrier to equal access and legalistic language participants in Thompson were frank — there used in legislation and government policies can are none. [...] One of the most interesting A significant challenge in measuring the state aspects of this story is that the Court of Queen’s of access to justice in Manitoba is the lack of Bench granted leave for the LHC’s articling student uniform data from legal service providers, so- to appear on the record at the trial because the cial service agencies, courts, and administra- person was not eligible for leg