Since 1995 when the government changed civil legal aid to the Canada social transfer, the consistent federal response, when pressed on this problem, has been that money for civil legal aid is in the CST; it's there. The consistent provincial response is that the federal government gives no money for civil legal aid. We see this story play out between the provinces and the federal government in so many different areas.
Given that women are such a huge majority of the users of civil legal aid, what can we do to help women access the legal system to make sure that, when we're conducting a gender analysis, there is equal treatment not only for women but also other disadvantaged groups?