Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, periodically we get calls from our constituents on issues that disturb them or issues they wish to talk about and have us raise in our various committees or in the House. This one particular day, I believe it was during the Warren trial, one of the jurors collapsed from exhaustion and it was front-page news in the newspapers and also on the radio.
This particular elder from the Delta called me just after that because he was sitting in his bush camp listening to the radio and he heard the reports on the jurors who were sequestered. They were locked up in one of the hotels, under guard, had no access to radio, television or telephones. They couldn't talk to their families or anyone else. This individual was very concerned on how we treat people who serve on juries because of their limited access once the sequestering takes place. He was comparing the treatment of these people to the treatment that we give to the so-called criminals. They have access to TV, telephones, radios and visitors.
It really makes one thing clear about how our justice system works and how we treat people who are providing a public service. You don't have a lot of people lining up to serve on committees and juries. With that, he was also concerned -- and it is a concern of mine -- that in the proposed Judicature Act, there was a proposal to cut the fees that we pay to jurors and people who are called up for the so-called "cattle call." I oppose these cuts and will vote when that comes up in the legislation. Mahsi.
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