Legal Advocacy Program

Burnaby Community Services provides legal information and assistance to residents of Burnaby living with low incomes, mental or physical disabilities or experiencing difficulties accessing legal services. We can help with issues in the following areas:

• Tenancy
• Income entitlements, including welfare (income assistance), PWD (disability assistance), OAS (old age security), GIS (guaranteed income supplement), CPP (Canada pension plan), EI (employment insurance), and criminal injury compensation
• Debt and consumer rights
• Elder law
• Obtaining ID
• Ombudsman complaints
• Employment standards
• Access to information and privacy
• Police and security complaints
• Legal aid applications
• Administrative appeals and tribunals
• Public legal education

For more information, please contact:

• Reception at 604-292-3902