Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am a little flustered, Mr. Speaker, all these attacks on Yellowknife today, will you please excuse me. My question, Mr. Speaker, is for the Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board. A number of times in this House, I had requested the Minister to look at modernizing the Workers' Compensation Act, particularly one section, the section which the WCB retains the right to sue their own individuals whom the organization was set up to protect. Mr. Speaker, I note in the review of the Workers' Compensation Act, there is a report of the chief commissioner of boards and agencies. There are a couple of very interesting statements made here. It supports the position I am taking that this particular part of the section should be removed. The chief commissioner noted this particular section was, indeed, archaic. It was a unique provision in the act that was never intended to continue for the long term. It also goes on to recommend the particular offending section should be removed and the balance of the section reworded to reflect the protection of all employers and their workers covered by the act. Mr. Speaker, I will again ask the Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation, if he will consider introducing legislation in the fall, minor legislation, to remove this particular section from the Workers' Compensation Act as has been recommended by Members of this House and by the chief commissioner on boards and agencies? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Seamus Henry on Question 430-13(5): Amending The Workers' Compensation Act
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Question 430-13(5): Amending The Workers' Compensation Act
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 23rd, 1998
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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