The Canadian Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Access to Justice has released a discussion paper entitled, "Tension at the Border": Pro Bono and Legal Aid.  The paper is intended to foster discussion on the relationship between pro bono and legal aid as the two major types of organized free legal service for increasing access to justice in Canada (the former in ascent and the latter in descent).

The Committee is chaired by Vancouver lawyer and legal consultant Melina Buckley.  It will consider discussion on "Tension at the Border" in its Final Report and eventual recommendations to the CBA at the Canadian Legal Conference in August 2013.