Mr. Chairman, the notion that the legal services board has some collecting agency is not fact. I do not want to create that sense. By and large, if you are considered eligible it is because you do not have the capacity at that time, temporarily or permanently, to have legal services made available to you through your own means. In large part, the numbers of clients who are asked or expected to make some repayments are very small. In any case, I think it has been said by the Auditor General, that it is no use to make measurable resources available to collect this money. The eligibility itself largely makes the collecting part of it not necessary or even worthwhile. If there is a ceiling placed on a particular case, then I understand the executive director has some flexibility in making sure it is not cut off in the middle of a case because a ceiling has been hit. There is some discretion there by the legal services board.
Stephen Kakfwi on Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 1st, 1993
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