Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate what my honourable colleague is saying and I did look into this matter when he had, rightly so, been investigating it for his constituent. There are rules and procedures that the WCB board of directors have put in place and there are some conditions set for lump sum payments. I think the only thing I could say to my honourable colleague is, it is a quasi-independent judicial board, with limited ministerial involvement. I think I would be prepared to sit down with the new chair of the board, Ms. Joanne Deneron, and see if they would be prepared to once again take a look at the policy they have in place for lump sum payments and see if there is some way in which they could not only consider this particular instance, but others. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 183-13(5): Policy On Lump Sum Payments
In the Legislative Assembly on February 3rd, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 183-13(5): Policy On Lump Sum Payments
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 2nd, 1998
Page 511
John Todd Keewatin Central
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