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March 24, 2019
LISTEN: CBABC Pushes Government to Strengthen BC Mental Health Act
Interview with CBABC Past President, Bill Veenstra, QC |
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November 23, 2018
READ: CBABC Responds to Proposed ICBC Changes
Interview with CBABC Vice President, Kenneth Armstrong |
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October 17, 2018
READ: BC bar association urging action on ‘acute’ issues with legal aid, auto insurance
Interview with CBABC President, Margaret Mereigh |
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October 9, 2018
READ: Attorney general says legal aid needs fresh review from user perspective – legal aid lawyers say funding needed to keep lawyers in system |
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October 5, 2018
READ: BC legal community questions need for another legal aid review - comprehensive examination of system done in 2011 |
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October 5, 2018
READ: Legal community questions need for another BC legal aid review - comprehensive examination of system done in 2011 |
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October 5, 2018
READ: Legal community questions need for another BC legal aid review - comprehensive examination of system done in 2011 |
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October 3, 2018
READ: Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch Targets Legal Aid & ICBC Changes in New Platform Paper |
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October 2, 2018
READ: Pro bono duty urged as fix to legal-aid underfunding |
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February 22, 2018
READ: First budget from BC NDP injects cash into legal services
with comment from CBABC President Bill Veenstra |
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February 21, 2018
READ: Legal aid boost in the eye of beholder
with comments from CBABC President Bill Veenstra, Mark Benton, Legal Services Society CEO, and Kasari Govender, Executive Director of West Coast LEAF |
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February 21, 2018
LISTEN: CBABC President Bill Veenstra on The Early Edition talking about legal aid funding in the 2018 BC Budget "The numbers of self-represented litigants is going to remain high." |
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January 24, 2018
LISTEN: CBABC President Bill Veenstra on The Simi Sara Show talking about BC Supreme Court vacancies |
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January 23, 2018
READ: BC Bar, top judge seek speedier federal judge appointments |
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December 13, 2017
READ: CBABC President Bill Veenstra in the Penticton Herald on BC's dire need of government funding for legal aid |
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December 6, 2017
READ: Bill Veenstra, CBABC President, on our continued call for provincial government to increase both legal aid funding and the tariff for legal aid lawyers |
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November 30, 2017
READ: CBABC President Bill Veenstra's opinion piece on Restorative Justice: A Compelling Case for Government Funding |
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September 6, 2017
READ: Michael Welsh, CBABC Past President, spoke to the Powell River Peak newspaper about implementing restorative justice in BC |
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August 14, 2017
READ: Michael Welsh, CBABC President, is interviewed by The Lawyer’s Daily on the new BC solicitor general plans to expand restorative justice throughout province |
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August 2, 2017
READ: B.C. Solicitor General vows to expand restorative justice
(with comment by CBABC president Michael Welsh)
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August 2, 2017
LISTEN: CBABC president Michael Welsh speaking about restorative justice
on Daybreak South (Clip starts at 11:20)
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August 2, 2017
LISTEN: CBABC president Michael Welsh speaks with Gloria Macarenko about
the NDP looking at implementing restorative justice in BC (Clip starts at 1:20:09)
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July 30, 2017
READ: BC NDP government seeks restorative-justice system for some offences
(with comment by CBABC president Michael Welsh)
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June 25, 2017
READ: Lack of resources, judges pushing 25% of Penticton trials to Kelowna
(with comment by CBABC president Michael Welsh)
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May 15, 2017
LISTEN: Interview with CBABC president Michael Welsh on Business in Vancouver Radio: a discussion of how access to justice issues were addressed during the 2017 BC election campaign and how that looks in light of a potential minority provincial government
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March 15, 2017
READ: Surrey mom fighting for child support disappointed court case adjourned
due to judge shortage
(including interview with CBABC president Michael Welsh)
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March 12, 2017
READ: BC courts' 'culture of timeliness' on cases can be a lesson to other provinces
(with comment by CBABC president Michael Welsh)
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March 8, 2017
READ: CBABC President wants frayed justice system to be an election issue
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March 7, 2017
READ: BC Law Society's better late-than-never legal aid vision
(with comment by CBABC president Michael Welsh)
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March 7, 2017
READ: CBABC President on a starved court system
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March 7, 2017
READ: Opinion: Access to legal services for women is an equality issue
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March 5, 2017
READ: CBABC President: Justice system has let down Indigenous citizens
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February 25, 2017
LISTEN: BC Justice Minister responds to CBABC calls for increased funding
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February 21, 2017
WATCH: CBABC President on court staffing shortages allowing accused criminals
to walk free
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February 18, 2017
LISTEN: CBABC President on consequences of underfunding BC justice system
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February 16, 2017
LISTEN: CBABC President and BC Justice Minister discuss funding of
BC justice system
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February 15, 2017
READ: CBABC President on more public money needed for legal aid
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February 13, 2017
READ: Better BC justice system should be election issue: CBABC
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