From my perspective and from the perspective of the groups I work with, coming from the low-income sector, there would be no lawyers. If we wanted to access the courts, the court challenges program would be the only way we could do it, especially if it was a federal issue like child tax or legal civil services.
There is no lawyer in Saskatchewan that we would find who would help us pro bono, and we only have legal aid services there that do family and criminal cases. We have nothing for civil services. If we want to make any challenges or take anything to court, the only way we could do that is to apply to the court challenges program. That doesn't necessarily mean that our application is going to be accepted either, but having that right and knowing that we have access to that if we should need it is a self-confidence issue for poor people.
And now that it has been pulled away, if something should happen and we need to access that, where do we go? Who is going to help us? It's not there any more. There is nothing left for us.