Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board. Recently the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Board told the press that injured workers could not be given lump sum payments for disability pensions because "They sometimes react to the windfall like lottery winners."
Mr. Speaker, I cannot believe the chairman, speaking on behalf of the board, actually had the gall to suggest that some workers spend their money too quickly and then are worse off five years later. My question is: Does the Minister share the chairman's obviously paternalistic opinion that injured workers must be supervised like little lottery winners who lack the self-control to manage their money?
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