Mr. Speaker, this is in response to a question asked by Mrs. Marie-Jewell on March 22, 1993, regarding the policy of the government seeking restitution from convicted former employees.

Section 103 of the Financial Administration Act allows the government to seek restitution for missing public money from employees who have defrauded the government.

Subsection 103(1) provides that:

"Where the misconduct, wilful neglect of duty or gross negligence of a person responsible for handling public money results in a loss of public money to the government, that person is liable for the amount of public money that is lost."

Subsection 103(2) allows the government to recover the lost public money from that person who is liable. Thank you.