THE AVERAGE CANADIAN CANNOT AFFORD JUSTICE

As we have seen in an earlier blog quoting from Rhode Scholar and former dean of law at the University of Western Ontario in his book LAWYERS GONE BAD – Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession at p. 234, the learned scholar ask a simple question, how much justice can the average Canadian afford and his brief answer was none.

In the blog LAW SOCIETIES SHOULD NOT BE POLICING LAWYERS  http://accesstojustice70.blogspot.ca/2015/11/law-societies-should-not-be-policing.html  I gave some background as to why law societies in Canada cannot police lawyers and that the Province of Ontario has failed Ontarians in enacting Bill 14, Access to Justice, 2006 by not following the recommendations of Sir David Clementi 2004 Report.  We have seen in that blog that the British Parliament adopted the recommendations by enacting Legal Services Act, 2007.

Over the course of the next few months, I will come back to this question because it is imperative in Canada to take the control of policing lawyers from the law societies just as it was important to take the control of Police policing themselves.

It is important to quote extensively from what Mr. Slayton had to say about law societies:

“Law societies are run by lawyers, according to the world view and temperament of lawyers.” This is important because of how the New World Order has evolved since President Reagan and Prime Minister Mulroney signed the first free trade agreement and how that agreement was forced on Canadian.  This will be the subject of another blog.

The paragraph continues:

“It is no surprise that they have the same agenda and attitude as their members.  Law Societies are by nature conservative and protective of the status quo[GB1] .  They nourish their own and are the voice of the establishment.  A law society member who is different risks severe criticism and marginalization.”

As a footnote to the last sentence he stated:  “One might think that this is what happened to Harry Kopyto.” He devoted a chapter to my good friend Harry.  I will also need a few blog to deal with the Kopyto saga with the Law Society of Upper Canada.  He has been practicing as a paralegal since 1989 offering his expertise to people who could neither afford lawyers or justice.  The Law Society is refusing to licence him and he is challenging the refusal.

What follows in the paragraph is very important:

“It is not the law societies of Canada that will change things.  Amongst lawyers themselves there is a growing resistance to the expanding concept of ‘professional misconduct’ …”

As the Police in Ontario could not police themselves, neither can the Law Society of Upper Canada police lawyers.  I have been involved with a number of complaints and from my experience in dealing with the Law Society of Upper Canada the faster that we will be able to bring the Ontario government to its sense the better chance that the average Ontarian will have a chance to access justice.  These quote are taken from page 238

The other problem that the average Canadian faces is what lawyers are taught at law school.  Which is “Access to Justice is not on the agenda”.  Therefore, the paragraph contain an important message that ought to be quoted at length:

“Law school encourages cosmopolitan desires and pursuits.  It reaffirms traditional values.  It teaches what the economist Paul Seabright has called ‘the narrative’.   Students are encouraged to anticipate wealth and power; they are told how to serve the rich, for it is only the rich who can afford lawyers; they are taught rules, techniques, and toughness, and learn to avoid emotional involvement or moral judgment.  This is what law students, and those who will eventually employ them want.  Access to justice is not on the agenda.”

Again in further blog, I will demonstrate how lawyers especially those working for the Attorney Generals in Canada will seeks ways to obstruct justice.

 [GB1]Reagan was a Republican a party known for its conservative leaning and Prime Minister Mulroney, a lawyer was leader of therogressive Conservative Party of Canada