艾伯塔省的法律援助资金可能会转移,有可能损害低收入和弱势群体。 Alberta's legal aid funding may shift, potentially harming low-income and vulnerable groups.
艾伯塔省法律基金会帮助为艾伯塔省法律援助提供资金,可能需要将其捐款增加一倍,达到其年度利息收入的50%。 The Alberta Law Foundation, which helps fund Legal Aid Alberta, may be required to double its contribution to 50% of its annual interest revenue. 这一改变可能减少对小型法律诊所的供资,并使艾伯塔法律援助机构的供资不那么稳定,有可能损害低收入家庭和家庭暴力受害者等弱势社区。 This change could reduce funding for smaller legal clinics and make Legal Aid Alberta's funding less stable, potentially harming vulnerable communities such as low-income families and victims of domestic violence. 省政府正在考虑“所有可选办法”为法律援助提供资金,但没有说明它是否将减少自己的服务预算。 The provincial government is considering "all options" to fund legal aid, but has not specified if it will reduce its own budget for the service.