Let me try it again. If you went into the bush once, you wouldn't get the $7,000 unless you generate 25 per cent of his income that one day he was in there. That is the point here. Mr. Handley explained it much better than I. There is a minimum. Twenty-five per cent of your income must be generated from harvesting. When you are defining that 25 per cent of your income, we are giving you a cash value of $7,000 for utilization of country foods and wild meat. A guy, for example, could be in the bush doing his thing in the winter and may want to be a fisherman, labourer or carpenter in the summer provided his income is 25 per cent, et cetera. I think one of the key financial elements, which is important and that Mr. Handley said to me, is the most we believe that a hunter and trapper had made last year was $16,000. We all know that there has been a rapid decline. We are confident that the coverage that we have negotiated with the Standing Committee on Legislation is adequate. As a matter of fact, I think it is quite commendable what we have come forward with. We think that the definition of $7,000 is fair. As Mr. Arvaluk asked earlier, there is provision for one to come forward with an affidavit if they spent more.
John Todd on Bill 6: An Act To Amend The Workers' Compensation Act
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 1994. See this statement in context.
Bill 6: An Act To Amend The Workers' Compensation Act
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 1st, 1994
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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