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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.
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.