Legal Aid Ontario is in the process of implementing structural changes. Recently it has reduced certificate coverage on civil litigation matters.
Cases that are no longer covered by Legal Aid certificates include but are not limited to the following:

wrongful dismissal matters
civil fraud
mortgage or real estate actions
personal injury matters
medical malpractice matters
defamation claims against lawyers
claims against Legal Aid [...]

I often encounter this question during consultations: “What if they don’t show up at the hearing?”
The answer depends on the nature of the proceeding.
In civil and family law proceedings, the matters are before the court. The court, bound by the fundamental principles of justice, must determine whether procedural fairness is observed.
If the court is of [...]

In administrative law, hearing before most administrative tribunals (such as the Landlord and Tenant Board, the Social Benefits Tribunal, and the Human Rights Tribunal, just to name a few,) can take place by telephone if requested by one of the parties. The tribunals generally are willing to grant such a request if a party has [...]

As a communityThe Community Legal Education Ontario announced that legal information on eight high-need topics have now been made available in languages other than English and French. They include Arabic, Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, and Urdu.
The topics include as follows:

Children’s aid: Information [...]

The Criminal Lawyers Association, which has been boycotting Legal Aid Ontario since June of 2009 to protest the hourly rate, has announced that it has reached an agreement with the province. Legal Aid will be increasing the hourly tariff for about 5% a year for the next few years.
The news release also says Legal Aid [...]