National Post reports that the legal aid spending was down 4% in 2006-2007 from the 2005-2006 spending level.
Apart from a drop in the overall number of applications for Legal Aid, the number of lawyers taking on Legal Aid cases also dropped by 9% over the previous year.
According to Statistics Canada, Legal Aid cost every Canadian $20 last year.
- Shashi K. Raina, Toronto
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