Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct my question to the Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board. Yesterday, I asked and he answered, Mr. Speaker, the Minister, about what he has done to change the policy used by the Workers' Compensation Board to define their perception of who is principally engaged as working as a traditional harvester.
Mr. Speaker, I was surprised and dismayed to hear the Minister's response. It sounded as though he was trying to blame the fact that the policy has not been changed on the budgeting process within the Department of Renewable Resources.
Mr. Speaker, this policy has been criticized by Hunters' and Trappers' Associations, the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions, and even the Workers' Compensation Board's own appeal committee. Recognizing that this is not a renewable resource policy, but that it is a policy established by the Workers' Compensation Board, and recognizing that flaws in the policy have been apparent for well over a year, when is the Minister going to finally exercise some leadership and bring the new policy definition into effect?