Legal aid funding, a conviction results in deportation, and a licence plate revoked

This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: British Columbia has a special provincial sales tax that applies to all legal bills. It is supposed to be dedicated to funding legal aid. The tax now collects more than twice the amount that is provided for legal aid. The extra, more than $100 million per year, is used for general government revenue and, as a result, the legal aid system in British Columbia is underfunded. The diversion of the tax revenue has several unfortunate results....