I would add that the legal aid programs have a very specific objective. Of course, they allow people who don't have the means to do so to access the court system, in such areas as family or criminal law.
What we are talking about here is a program that provides Canadians with reasonable access to the courts in order to have their constitutional rights upheld. Legal aid would not have allowed communities to go to court and ask for their own schools pursuant to section 23. These two types of programs have very different objectives.