Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question I would like to direct to the Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board. There are quite a number of people who have called me in the last little while and my colleague Mr. Lewis as well, concerned with the length of time
it takes to get an appeal through the Workers' Compensation Board. It is quite sad to hear, Mr. Speaker, people wait for quite some time before getting an opportunity to appeal their case. I would like to ask the Minister if he is aware of the number of appeals outstanding before the Workers' Compensation Board? Perhaps a second question would be how long would it take to clear up this backlog?