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For the most part, the survey results exclude Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island because legal aid plans in these provinces were unable to provide data for 2008/2009. Any comparisons made to previous years' figures also exclude these jurisdictions.
Figure includes all provinces and territories except Yukon, which was unable to provide contributions data for 2008/2009.
This percentage includes all jurisdictions with the exception of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut.
This could be related to an official boycott by the Ontario Criminal Lawyers Association that began in June 2009 due to their reported dissatisfaction with the gap between the amounts criminal lawyers are paid through legal aid and the amount provincial prosecutors earn.