Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wanted to express my concern, for the record, with regard to that whole issue. I believe that while we are not tampering with judges' training, we are tampering with the application of justice for aboriginal people where we are assisting them if they get into trouble. If you start putting caps on certain cases based on a negotiated level, that does not mean the application of justice is being applied equally. There are cases which would require more work than others. The Minister, on countless occasions, has responded by saying that the circumstances are different, and for that reason you cannot treat every case the same. I am hearing you say that if you steal, this is the cap. This is the level you will be paid for this individual and I disagree with that. If the Minister is suggesting all circumstances are different, then it should apply.
Several years ago, a member of my constituency died as a result of an accident at the workplace. Through legal aid, she was able to get a lawyer to work on her case, but when the final results of the case came up with regard to her options, in one of the cases it specified that this government has been negligent by not checking out the standards of the equipment present and the result is that they had equipment which was not up to safety standards, but it was still being used. By the lack of monitoring by this government, a young man lost his life. For this case, legal aid stopped their services. It was the opinion of the lawyer that he should go after the government for negligence. I would like to know where this government draws the line for who they provide that aid to? If a native person cannot afford to take the government to task, then is that where it stops? I am interested in that, Mr. Chairman, because I believe that the mother was wrong and I could do nothing about it because she was not provided the necessary legal fees to pursue this further. Perhaps she could have been compensated or maybe it means having the government go to court for negligence or whatever the case may be. After the work was finished, it did look promising, but it was stopped right there and that was it for that woman. She never went beyond what was given to her with regard to the kind of action she could take.