Finance committee  Absolutely. If I can just make one clarifying point there, the reason I raised that provincial budget amount is just to point to the CBA number that I gave you, which is about $100 million in savings in the provincial court per year. They're spending $80 million on legal aid. On

Finance committee  Yes. I'd like to see what was in the justice committee report from 2017. It was earmarked funds and an increase in funds. It was both of those things, and they were targeted at civil legal aid, not just legal aid in general.

Finance committee  That's right.

Finance committee  —and targeted.

Finance committee  I believe that every province has a legal aid society. Certainly all the provinces whose legal aid systems I'm familiar with have a legal aid society. That transfer can be made directly. I know that in the last budget there was a commitment to fund legal services around sexual ha

Finance committee  I can't give a figure off the top of my head, but I can tell you that the budget for legal aid in B.C. is approximately $80 million, so even if you looked at doubling that.... I'm not asking the federal government to double that amount, but we would like to see the overall budget

Finance committee  I'd be happy to. I apologize for not having a written brief. I was invited only last week, so I didn't get a chance to prepare that.

Finance committee  I'm happy to provide that.

Finance committee  Yes, I do. It's not a simple answer, but I'll try to give the simplest one I have. On the unified family court structure, the federal government, as you know, announced that in the last budget for certain provinces, but not for British Columbia. We're not moving forward with th

Finance committee  It's such a pleasure to be here. Thank you for the invitation. My name is Kasari Govender. I'm the executive director of West Coast LEAF. Our mandate is to use the law to create a more equal and just society for all people who experience gender-based discrimination. We use th