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Between 2010 and 2015, law societies disciplined more than 200 Canadian lawyers, 71 of them in Ontario, for stealing about $160 million worth of clients' money. They helped themselves to clients' trust funds, kept money that belonged to a deceased client's estate, charged for services not provided, and charged fees so unreasonable as to constitute misconduct. CBC identified criminal prosecution of less than 10 percent of the lawyers disciplined. Why so few? To Access the report google cbc.ca The Fifth Estate Betrayal of Trust. Canada desperately needs an independent, dedicated, arm's-length, third-party, impartial, non-lawyer, federal LEGAL OMBUDSMAN. Canada must level the playing field when Canadian citizens are forced to deal with their self-serving, "Theft-By-Invoice", dishonest lawyers and their legal system of self-protecting cronies. Complain to your Federal and Provincial Government Members!