Justice committee  We have continued to litigate equality cases, but it's been at a significantly reduced capacity. Again, as mentioned by my colleagues, the support of pro bono counsel has assisted us to do that. But it has been significantly diminished.

Justice committee  To my understanding and reading of how the former court challenges program functioned, it functioned as an independent body. It approached cases professionally, with a high level of ethics and independence. In terms of encouraging wider access, obviously ensuring that the crite

Justice committee  I would respectfully say the current budget amount would probably just cover these three areas. My understanding from reading the reference to this in the budget was that it was $12 million over five years, which would be approximately $2.5 million per year. There was a referenc

Justice committee  Good morning. On behalf of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, LEAF, we would like to thank the standing committee for this opportunity to discuss the proposed renewal and modernization of the court challenges program. I'm the executive director of LEAF and with me is Dr