The poorest women in Canada are those with disabilities. We are talking about women whose annual income is sometimes less than $10,000. When it comes to legal aid access, there are certainly major barriers for women with disabilities.
Take, for example, a women in Nova Scotia who called me because she was being abused by her spouse. She was an older woman. She had tried contacting the legal aid service in Nova Scotia but was told that she had to go to the office in person to file a complaint. The woman was alone and lived in the country. She was completely dependent on her husband, who would not let her eat or receive any personal care. I could spend the whole day listing off examples of women in similar situations.