Legal Resources

Contains information about who is included and exempt from receiving income assistance when an outstanding warrant exists.

Includes information about violation tickets, including traffic tickets in British Columbia, and your options and how to pay or dispute fines.

This online toolkit is a compilation of questions and answers around issues affecting 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. The content is divided into sections on criminal justice, health care, youth health care, and youth. The appendixes include definitions, resources, and the human right complaint process for transgender people.

This chapter on motor vehicle law is from the manual used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It provides an overview of licensing requirements and driving offences such as impaired driving, careless driving, and failure to remain at the scene of an accident.

Information on the Cannabis Act, which creates a strict legal framework for controlling the production, distribution, sale, and possession of cannabis across Canada.

Links to publications that can help victims, including information on specific crimes (in English, Chinese, Punjabi, and French) and on the restitution program. It also links to information about peace bonds and protection orders, victims’ rights, the Crime Victim Assistance Program, and more.

Explain what sexual exploitation of children and youth is. Topics covered include the organizations, service providers, and community partners preventing sexual exploitation and trafficking (Children of the Street and Community Action Teams). It also describes handouts and toolkits communities can use, and contains links to more resources.

This information sheet is part of the Help Starts Here series and provides information for young victims and witnesses who need to testify in court.

Sudden loss of a loved one may have wide-ranging consequences — not only intense emotional effects but also physical symptoms and financial hardship. This information sheet is part of the Help Starts Here series and is written for families and friends dealing with sudden death.

Explains how cases involving mentally disordered accused individuals are handled by the justice system. It describes what happens when a person accused of a crime is found either unfit to stand trial or not criminally responsible for an offence because of a mental disorder.