Our justice system is in crisis. As many as 65 per cent of individuals involved in family court proceedings in Ontario do not have a lawyer. In the province’s civil courts, there are, by some estimates, more people representing themselves than parties with counsel. Increasingly, Ontarians are unable to afford lawyers’ services. This impairs meaningful access to the justice system. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/lawyers-are-too-expensive-for-most-canadians-give-more-work-to-paralegals/article15262477/#