Dramatic cuts to legal aid to legal aid in British Columbia have left many poor people without lawyers, with troubling consequences says a Chris Tenove article in The Tyee. “I’ve seen people go to court for their third or fourth appearance and still not have a lawyer,” she says. “They haven’t even passed go yet. A lot of people are pressured to make a guilty plea, just to get out of the system.” An another Tyee news article writer Chris Tenove spoke with Attorney-General Geoff Plant on February 9, 2004, and asked about the reasoning behind the cuts and their impact on access to justice in B.C.